I just want 
to stay here 
one more moment 
one more moment 
please 
just stay here 
now with me 
let the world 
go where it 
may where it 
will 
let me think 
and trace these
words upon your 
body connecting dots 
of quiet affection 
let me kiss 
you 
just one more 
time let me 
just one more 
time do this 
and do me 
doing you this 
way that I 
do 

Just where have all 
of the romantics gone 
have they been swallowed 
by this new need
for now right now 
when did things speed
up blurring everything into 
just one more one 
more and one more 
where did the slowness 
go the lazy summer 
afternoons just watching the 
dew drip down the 
glass as silent winds
shushed through oak trees 
and laughter wafted from 
the mouths of children 
playing on the rise
of the hill when 
did biting sarcasm replace 
genuine affection and kindness 
we do indeed seem 
to be at the 
end of days at
least for the romantics 

I seek
depth but 
find sand
one cannot 
grow anything 
or if
anything only 
things small 
and temporary 
prone to 
shifting and 
blowing away 
me I
wish to 
plant to
take root 
and harvest 
I will
leave the 
sand to 
those who 
only ever 
wish to 
summer there

Some trees 
have already 
begun their 
fall changes
even though 
the sun 
still warms 
and I 
sit wondering 
if trees
know more 
than I
for I
like trees 
feel like 
change is 
coming even 
though my 
eyes deceive