SoulLake

The body is

The temple of

The soul but

It’s just a

Vessel a canoe

Which floats upon

The lake that

The soul is

Come swim with

Me abandon your

Boat get naked

And let us

Paddle languidly in

All that the

Other beautifully is

StormyMorn

On coming rain

Looms like the

Flashing lights of

A patrol car

In rear-view mirrors

Creating an anxiety

Until you’re wet

Hoping for thunder

Stormy days make

Me want to

Curl beneath blankets

Like critters burrowing

Deeper together huddling

Waiting for clouds

To pass by

NoFun (to Zeke)

I’m relieved that

We’re done like

A poorly prepared

Student sighs at

The end of

A tough exam

I’m relieved like

A patient discovering

It’s simply a

Cold nothing worse

Relieved like a

Child wrapping his

First present and

A frightened actor

Simply reciting lines

There’s simply no

Fun in us

AgainOver

Yet once again

I whiffed swung

My bat and

Missed hitting the

Trickery that men

Lob at me

Like summer showers

My affair is

Over as quickly

As it began

Not even friends

Just memories of

Forced kisses and

Cold desperate affection

Morning

The morning dark

Except for flashes

Of light and

Thunder like evil

Wizards are fighting

Storms approach quickly

Like galloping horses

As the air

Is thick with

Moistures like loofa

Sponges sudsy with

Rain the morning

Is stirred like

A soupy pot