MatchNoMatch

And like the

Last match in

A book it

Fails to ignite

Leaving you cold

And in dark

I had such

Hopes that this

Match would spark

Alone again in

The eerie dark

I make my

Way home alone

Except this time

Keeping my heart

WritingLove

Writing hurts and

Heals it’s easy

Really just plunge

The pen in

And bleed just

Like loving except

The opposite the

Pain starts when

The healing begins

LostLoves

I write for

Men that I

Don’t remember they

Haunt me in

These words like

Ghosts of joys

Past ring like

Clock towers off

In the distance

Reminding me of

Time ticking by

Too many lost

Loves to count

I simply remember

Them here now

ForMeYou (for Brandon)

And you said

Write for me

Don’t you know

Already by now

That when I

Write about you

I’m writing for

Myself by recalling

You as I

See simply you

I’m a selfish

Man capturing your

Beauty in words

Holding you captive

Here for only

Me to see

Morning

The steam rises

From my coffee

Like hypnotized cobras

Coating my glasses

Like Thanksgiving kitchens

The house is

Quiet like midnight

Even though early

Morning sun creeps

Through blinds like

Lost children’s flashlights

In a forest

Mozart plays like

Those comfortable afternoons

In Essen with

My only grandmother

Giving me a

Sense of love