T+T=I

The only way

To achieve Intimacy

Is by adding

Trust with truthfulness

This exposes us

To a diverse

Number of intimacies

Any other equation

Besides that one

Leaves one fractionalized

And not whole

Masterpiece

Like almost everything

Else ever imagined

You did appear

As something grand

Much too large

To understand then

At first glance

So I sat

And simply gazed

At you studying

As one does

With a Ruben

Or a Seurat

Piece by piece

By peaceful piece

Until I understood

That somethings aren’t

Meant to be

Mine but rather

Only ever known

From a distance

Thereby letting you

Go to be

A masterpiece to

Someone that can

Display your beauty

In a hall

Grander than mine

LittleRoom

I live in

A room in

A house and

People bring me

All sorts of

Things all sorts

Of things really

Troubles problems jokes

Lunch and dinner

Bills to pay

Things to want

Hair brained ideas

And oh comfort

I like my

Very little room

With my Bach

And my Bethoven

My disco afternoons

And jazz nights

I stay here

Others escape here

In my tiny

Very little room

Tickle (for Egon Frank)

Like a leaf

That falls upon

My shoulder on

It’s way to

The forests floor

Or a snowflake

That lands upon

My tongue before

Disappearing there or

A bubble whose

Surface shimmers a

Rainbow before delicately

Popping or even

Like that one

Old stale joke

That makes me

Spit out my

Drink before I

Erupt in laughter

I enjoy most

In life being

Tickled a tickle

To me is

Like the finger

Of God on

My ribs reminding

Me that despite

Everything else I

Am still here

ForgiveForget

I beg you

I’m begging you

Before we begin

To understand this

I will forgive

I will forgive

You for everything

Everything you do

If to me

Or to others

Or even yourself

Because that’s love

But I won’t

I won’t forget

I will never

Forget I won’t

Forget them and

I won’t forget

You because if

I love you

And forgive you

It’s impossible for

Me to ever

Ever forget you

I beg you

I’m begging you

To understand this

Before we begin

That you can’t

You simply can’t

Have one and

Not the other

They are twins