SoonEnough (for Gil)

I never give 
love to get
love I give
love just because
just because it’s
there and I
can recognize it
even though you
might not yet
but trust me
like the autumn
trusts the winter
it’s coming it
is soon enough
have no fear
it is coming

BasicSix

If not 
me why
if not
now when
if not
there where
if not
thus how
if not
that what
if not
you who

MeByMyself

I thought that 
I knew happiness
before but happiness
when around others
isn’t really happiness
that’s called company
happiness is when
you’re all alone
and enjoying the
things that you
have surrounded yourself
my happiness occurs
in the simplest
smallest and quietest
moments when I
am by myself
and all alone
with just me
I’ve learned to
make myself happy

OhSoFitzgerald

One more dream 
becomes a reality
I’ve been ticking
them off all
of my life
but this one
is one of
the best ones
sitting in front
of a fireplace
and drinking coffee
while listening to
the wafting melodies
of Chopin Tchaikovsky
and DeBussy feeling
the warmth tickle
my feet and
throat writing poetry
oh so Fitzgerald
sans the G&T

Work-In-Progress

I am myself 
a work-in-progress
a rough draft
hardly a page
turner and more
a treatment an
outline an amalgamation
of thoughts and
ideas added and
then removed then
added again like
they were new
scratches and scribbles
exposing the posturing
of crazy ideas
and of possibilities
once written and
never done until
that is the
Creator closes the
book of me
and assuredly exclaims
it’s a wrap