Glowlight

Don't mind the letter too much,

what I said is more important

than what I wrote,

and I will probably
only say that once
for all my life.

To your soul

I can say everything,

isn't that something

isn't that amazing?

if only I had known it

from the start,

I showed you the depths

of my heart, the dreams

of us and the stars,

below the green glow

of the plastic planetarium,

stuck to my wall with

tape and bubblegum,

My miniature tribute

to your entrance,

our acquaintance and

whirlwind romance,

your special existence

in my world. 

Portrait of a Belated Love

light from the thermostat
blue-green and cold
rests on your cheeks, your nose,
so beautifully,
i want to remember you forever,
your straight black lashes, hidden
amid your shadowy lids,
in the gray dawn i
go deep into your eyes,
dark and watery
like caves by the seaside,
your delicate wrists and
the pigment etched
in your fingertips,
even your hazy memory
will just stay in my heart,
from this cloudy night
until i'm no longer alive.

Blue Camel

everybody smoked "blue" camel
tires spinning out of control
mountain roads,
just because i say i don't mind,
doesn't mean i should do it,
if  i compensated for all that time
would you see me as i am?
maybe i'll never fall in love like this,
chasing boys on a whim
running out of ideas
to seem casually appealing,
i learned a long time ago
that cruel flirting is a turn-on,
and my blue veins and
chalky thighs don't
really matter too much after all,
he had black, curly hair
brown eyes, six feet,
smelled like weed and nicotine,
tell me baby, do you know
what it's like to love crazy?
80 miles at midnight
love burns on his neck, stained teeth,
i know he didn't deserve me
that wasn't the point.

Dime a Dozen

When you were down and out
couldn't stand up
sick of all the hate,
you sold me dreams
dime a dozen,
our voices on the phone
through the night,
you wouldn't sleep before dawn
came, you were
young and scared of everything
but I wanted you,
as the night wants for starlight,
I was trapped and you
gave me wings,
you needed a home
to lay your burdens down,
talking in the dark
across the wires.