IWish (to Fred & Jay)

I wish

I wish that

I could carry

Away your pain

I wish

I wish I

Could tell you

That it’s okay

It’ll be better

I wish

I wish that

I was the

One for you

I was the

One that you

Picked rather than

Settled for and

I wish

I wish that

I’d never written

This for you

I wish

I wish that

Life’sPuddle (for Jay)

My dear boy

Your heart is

Breaking by loss

Everything begins and

Everything ends we

Often don’t splash

In the puddle

Of life thinking

That rain comes

But when it

Doesn’t and life

Dries up we

Cry grieve now

Knowing that love

Will fill your

Puddle and once

Again soon you’ll

Splash being silly

Pumpkin (for Fred)

And so we

Sat in the

Parking lot sharing

An ice cream

Sundae watching the

Sun set talking

Just two guys

Mirroring each other

For we both

Were attracted there

And in the

Drive we hugged

And kissed and

As I walked

To my door

I turned back

Into the pumpkin

That I am

The magic you

Are and its

Spell now gone

Beauty (for Julian)

Remember this my

Dear boy beauty

Is some thing

To be given

And not possessed

If you lock

Away beauty it

Withers let it

Illuminate dark corners

Let it smile

Never covet it

For then it

Sours turning from

Grape to vinegar

Likes

And like my

First bike you

Make me weeeeee

And ahhhhhh as

We roll down

The street like

My first Christmas

The gift that

You are makes

Me wonder what

Marvelousness lies within

Like spring you

Blossom and like

Summer you warm

And like Autumn

I did fall