Hidden away 
my heart 
a secret
kept safe 
from eyes 
behind smile 
it waits
shy it’s 
been lately 
like curious 
fish under 
bridge uncertain 
it ducks
and dodges
liking to 
be seen 
not touched 

I am 
there said 
the spirit 
to the 
man never 
away or
gone for 
long for 
when I
am I’m
talking to 
another on
your behalf 
rest assured 

Lonely comes
from a
sense of
percolating importance 
the idea
that one 
has something 
to offer 
alone comes 
from a 
sense of
calm humility 
the idea
that one 
has little 
to offer 
besides a 
place on
a bench
or beach 

I have recently 
discovered how truly 
unimportant I am
that this life
I have led
means very little 
and that this 
is most valuable 
this right here 
and right now 
and all that 
which came before 
truly means nothing 
I’m a ghost 
who will appear 
when it’s time 
and never before 
or ever again 
for they don’t 
have not or
ever really will 

Outdoor I was
told to find
air and sun
refreshes the soul 
like water washes
rocks of algae 
things do creep 
ever so slowly 
when we sit
ever so slightly 
in one place 
for too long