LikeYouAre (to Brandon)

I think of

You now when

I’m not thinking

Of anything else

You arrive like

A post card

From a far

Off place heralding

Adventure you apear

Like an apparition

In the doorway

Folding into my

Arms like a

Cashmere scarf keeping

Me toasty warm

CigarBoxesWeAre (to Brandon)

And now comes

Pet words terms

Of endearment silly

Little phrases and

Coos like morning

Doves sitting on

A high wire

We utter these

Things setting us

Apart from others

Like precious baubles

Kept in sacred

Worn cigar boxes

MorningHere

All is quiet

Except for the

Growls and yowls

Of planes overhead

Sounding like alley

Cats on full

Moon lit nights

The greens of

Mid summer lay

Before me in

Shades of turquoise

Emerald and moss

Like a jewelers

Table filled with

Precious stones as

The steam rises

From my cup

Charmed like a

Slithering coiling snake

IntoOutof

I want to

Keep you secret

Far away from

The world nestled

Here in my

Heart I don’t

Want to announce

Look at us

But instead slip

Quietly into and

Out of places

Us two knowing

What we are

And letting the

World witness it

On their own

OverBoard (for Brandon)

Jumping into turbulent

Seas called to

Action you leapt

Feet first absent

Of your own

Safety and pulled

Me from myself

On the beach

You breathed air

Into my lungs

Reviving me saving

Me from the

World that had

Cast me overboard