Love is
as love
does and
never as
love wants
What does time do
you asked drowsily warm
next to me watching
it snow time goes
and after a while
you asked sliding slowly
into your own slumber
where does time go
moving closer I replied
that I don’t know
This life of mine
is but a series
of needles the eyes
of which I must
pass through each time
humility makes me smaller
until at last I
will simply disappear becoming
something else entirely unimaginable
Leaders are never
born they’re made
they only exist
up high viewing
those down below
for those below
only scurry about
around and through
the very obstacles
they call life
leaders have perspective
gained by reaching
only made leaders
have ever learned
how to survive
up on top
having been whittled
down through experience
to that thing
that can and
will survive the
pressure up here
so those down
there don’t even
know it exists
I have loved
and been loved
so many times
in my life
that I feel
like an embarrassment
of riches and
that when I’m
asked why I
don’t want another
I often say
why chuck another
log onto an
already tall fire
I’d rather you
take the log
yourself and build
your own fire
attracting those who
want to be
warmed by it
I’d rather stay
cold for awhile
