One light on
casting orange night 
enough to see
leaving the rest
to my imagination 
of the body
next to me
once humidly familiar 
now under the 
freshly fallen snow 
of heavy blankets 
that rise and 
fall like the 
downhill ski slopes 
of the buried 
mountain you are
and at the 
bottom last nights 
clothes pool like 
a glacial lake 
where the once
last night you 
began to thaw

To witness 
hubris descend
into regret
is a
sweet sorrow 
but hardly 
a tragedy 
for those 
who bank
on tolerance 
frequently are
the first 
to abandon 
their respect
for others 
and the 
price is 
often high 

Forever only lasts
as long as 
forever ever lasts
which is usually 
shorter than expected 
here’s the thing 
we all have 
many more forevers
in us than 
we ever know 
so get on
with finding them 
by living your 
most beautiful life 

Nothing better 
babe believe 
than this 
the very
first sips
and then 
kissy lips
of morning 
the smiles 
and secrets 
and seconds
following firsts
morning this 
does make 
my day

I believe 
that people 
become what 
they’re meant 
and not
by chance 
or choice 
or charge 
we are
just flowers
all having 
been planted 
long ago 
before we 
ever knew