Category: Poetry

Oh, Overworked Love

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Ah, this poor word,
  Describes my feeling
Towards my
   Car,
      Child,
         Cat,
           Friend,
             Lover,
           And so much
        More….
  Tis a bit confusing
      At times.
And yet this is the most
Glorious sensation,
  Our great driver, compelling
    Towards so much
       Greatness.
          And beyond.

Guides for Love

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There are the songs
Step by step guides
Pour amore. Formulaic
Algorithms, hearts,
Just simple functions.

Human hearts don’t
Work that way. 
Intense complexities.
Love’s quest often
Maddeningly murky.

Love entails risk
Confessing our 
Passion, perhaps
Unreturned. Painfully
Raw moments.

Misty Motion

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Mists flowing through trees
Compelled by wind’s urging.
Rivulets descend the glass
Warping these trees I view.
Refraction’s coloration divine.
Sunlight glitters upon them,
Moments flickering through
Greyness, cloudy murk
Defines my land. White
Farmhouse upon the hill
Calls to me, wondering
Where I’ve journeyed, the
Familiar seeps into my
Bones. Salvation.