I not only
watched you grow
up but your
baby brother too
it’s weird this
me slowing down
like an oak
way out there
and you too
taking root somewhere
else I can
see your blossoms
from over here
but I can’t
smell your fragrance
so imagine it
then I will
and yes it’s
just that sweet
Category: Love
Bottom
I keep thinking
I’ve hit bottom
but it moves
deeper deeply deepening
and now I’m
wholly certain that
there is no
bottom just more
and more of
this really bad
and like a
boy who can’t
swim there’s nothing
to push off
from and I
must simply swim
or just sink
Heal
Trust is something
I have little
of it once
been a log
at its start
but now it’s
been whittled down
to the tiniest
of slivers stuck
into my thumb
festering it too
the last of
that once mighty
tree will be
removed and I
left with nothing
but a wound
left to heal
Overdressed
I am shedding friends
both new and old
like a hiker who
overdressed having at first
protected himself but now
as his journey continues
realizes less is better
having more of anything
never lightens any journey
to the mountain top
I go as naked
as I can be
ThanOthers
I wish
I had
just one
but that
one has
eluded me
so rather
it’s me
just me
always me
and this
is what
I get
I suppose
for being
me differently
than others
