Valentine’s
Magical Thinker (aka Disappearing Act)
Can make stuff
magically disappear
especially if
it’s got a lot
of butter & sugar
in it
Making Room (Feminine)
When I first met her,
I knew in a moment
I would have to spend
the next few days
re-arranging my mind
so there’d be room
for her to stay.
Just Friends
I saw them standing there pretending to be just friends, when all the time in the world could not pry them apart.
Great Game
What are the rules? I said & she said, Do exactly what I want whenever I want, make no demands of me whatsoever & love me forever, no questions asked & I said, how do you win? & she said, you don’t understand. I’m the only one who wins & then she laughed & clapped her hands. Isn’t it a great game? she said.
Forgotten Promises
she sang like snowflakes on my tongue, bright & sharp with the forgotten promises of spring
Fine Start
I would not say I love you so much if you could teach me a better way, I said & she said that’d do fine for now.
Enough Time (Feminine)
Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
Creature on Fire
This is a creature on fire with love, but it’s still scary since most people think love only looks like one thing, instead of the whole world.
Beginning
he followed the sun & she followed the stars & in dreams they listened closely for the beginning of all things, for that was where they knew they’d find each other