Secrets (for Fred)

And I held

It in never

Daring I thought

That he wouldn’t

Like me so

I turned and

Said excuse me

I love you

And all was

Good by then

SparklingWater (for Fred)

And there you

Were this tall

Glass of sparkling

Water that tickled

Me little bubbles

Popping on my

Nose making me

Laugh this freshness

That cleansed so

Many other meals

Making me forget

My heart full

Of heart ache

Your freshness made

Me believe that

A stranger could

Make me laugh

Again at last

RiverYouAre

I dip my

Hand into the

River you are

Feel your current

Feel your cold

Then lay languidly

On flat rocks

Sunning myself in

Your smile warming

Rings (for Fred)

Oh this is

Easy sometimes someone

Surrounds you they

Compliment you they

Can’t believe their

Own so they

Become something their

Own which is

Nothing with you

But

There’s no you

Without them because

Most of the

World are more

Interested in them

Then in me

Caught

You know that

Life is this

Way and that

I prefer that

It means a

World of difference

Be different those

Being the same

Applaud those being

Different because those

Hang you up in

The drive-thru