I sense
a shift
like having 
driven miles 
and only 
now finding 
fifth gear 
my overdrive
letting me 
go farther 
without wear
and tear 
coasting along 
now alone 
just me
and road
and the 
purr of
my heart 

I enjoy candles 
they reflect peace
and illuminate chaos
candles only burn
in quiet calmness 
and upon them 
I languidly sail
one candle lit
and then two 
are like loves
each taking light 
with them somewhere 
else to dance 

Why no fireworks 
on one’s birthday 
just on NYE
as though the 
collective celebrates what
one more trip 
around the sun 
as though earth
asked for nonsense 
talk to her 
she’ll tell you 
leave me alone 
you have overstayed 
your own welcome 
you’re beginning to 
stink like fish 
left in sun

The bottom’s had
a bad rap 
what if the 
bottom’s what’s left 
after the debris 
of one’s life
is swept away 
and it’s not 
even a bottom 
but a passage 
to places beyond 
unseen and distant 
oh poor bottom 
lost and forgotten 
not by me 
for I have 
gone even lower 
into my tunnels 
and it’s marvelous 
come join me 

I can’t imagine 
though imagine I
always do this 
being any better 
for I and
not them am
and I this
very simple thing 
think just that 
so what say
you of this 
for thou too