ReallyReally

It’s just not 
it’s not here
and not there
don’t tell me
to look there
for I have
I have looked
everywhere well everywhere
it’s ever been
and wherever I
have gone before
it’s just not
and now I’m
beginning to wonder
if it ever
really had been
if it’s not
where I thought
then really was
it ever really

Invention

I wonder 
sitting here
just how
many things
that have
been invented
were mistakes
and supposed
to be
something else
like us
I suppose
having been
one thing
you promised
and another
I saw

DarkLight

I recently switched 
from something darker
to something lighter
I used to
enjoy darker things
like humor and
rooms like outlook
and disposition like
coffee and cigars
even my days
I preferred darker
But now it’s
light for me
light roast and
light beer light
skies and light
toast it’s clear
to me now
that darkness has
its place and
lightness another dark
when you feel
and light when
you can see

LoversLament

There’s an old 
story about the
clouds chasing the
moon after trying
for many nights
exhausted the clouds
asked the moon
why won’t you
let us catch
you the moon
glows and says
for you go
that way while
I go this
we were never
meant to meet
but just pass

Seconds

My life now 
is of seconds
seconds yes of
time for it
has slowed down
but things that
I have and
things I do
things I eat
and things I
love are all
but seconds having
already been firsts
to someone else
funny thing about
seconds they are
the only thing
that once gone
can’t be gotten
but then again
yes they can