Then

One more hour 
just one more
that I dread
not that I
dread you here
it’s the you
not I do
no matter how
I keep the
dogs of then
at bay no
matter how many
I chase off
then will find
their way in
dragging you off
then always wins
it always wins

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

MorningCoffee

And as I 
stare into the
deep darkness that
this morning is
like I’m peering
into an espresso
prior to adding
the clotted cream
I begin wondering
if like my
coffee the cream
that sunrise is
will cut the
bitterness that surely
day will bring

NowHow

I do 
I think
that I
am crazy
because explain
how and
never why
I know
the why
the why
never changes
it has
never changed
and I
find myself
right back
here every
time because
I keep
chasing it
so keep
the why
just tell
me how
how now
now how

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