Its a stalemate

My body waits
the tears sit just out of reach
the drum beat calls me in.

seeing my fingers for the first time

When did they become
so spindly, gentle and exact?
Finding a new path.

When you call the moon, expect your heart.

The black wolf guides me.
afloat on the calm waters.
Black wolf is angry.

We near the shore,
Stag waits for me at the edge of the wood.
I must leave black wolf.

Dressed in constellations,
I follow stag into the woods.
There, I take on his skin.

I nibble the grass.
hearing a rustle I know,
To be strong, I must die.

I feel wolf stalk me.
I resign to my fate.
to die, is to live.
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Falling through the dark.
Laying naked in the boat.
Afloat in the unknown.

I pull on the coat
of the white wolf - she's the moon.
eclipsing my stars.

I remember.

Photos on my floor.
There is a story in there,
like dots on my heart.

9 crimes redux

"The wrong kind of place"
but we can't wait any longer.
So simple, yet so complex.

"For somebody new"
to fit into old patterns
and prove they are new.

"I've got no excuse"
besides, I don't want to hide,
don't tell me you do.

"Give my gun away"
who's to say I'd even use it-
still hard to part ways.

"If you don't shoot it"
We both know life is full of
blanks and misfires.

Your proposal, well...
"how am I suppose to hold it?"
It's a lot to ask.

"Is that alright with you..."
your answer will not change me,
I'm just curious.

"This is not what I do"
I can kick and scream and fight,
but I like how it is new.

"She's pulling me through"
I can go along, for now...
"Is that alright with you.."

magnolia - goodnight & goodbye

Late night driving home.
Puddles reflecting street lights.
I reflect on you.

it looks like winter

Through the barren trees
smoke rises from your chimney.
Warmth on a cold gray day.