You misunderstood  That's not what I said  Was not with my mom  I was out with friends You misunderstoodI said I'd be lateAnd we didn't confirmI miswrote the date This is all you  And your issues of trustYou always blame meWhen it’s clearly your fault Your blame of meFor what’s in your headIs unfair and meanAnd should stay unsaid Your behavior is reallyKind of abusive  You never believe me  You force me to prove it Fine....

"Nearly home Tess," said Drew as he gently shook her and turned into Geoff's driveway. Tess had been asleep in the front seat for the last hour. Dave was snoozing in the back."We'll just pick up the dog and say good bye to Geoff. He'll be leaving early in the morning," It was only two in the afternoon, they had made good time on the trip home. It was stinking hot again and the country side was dried out. When they were ha...

Don’t lookWhy not?How can it hurt? Don’t askWhy not?I want to learn It’s doneIt’s goneUntied to you I want  The factsWhat did he do? PretendThere’s notA way to know In timesOf yoreThat would be so These daysIt’s thereFor all to see Just lookYou’ll findNo mystery SimplyA searchAnd follow clues The lureIs strongUnearth the truth But notBecauseYou really care What cameBeforeYou were a pair The goalWhen youConstruct the past...

Arrange this night around usIts shadows and its lightsTurn it into somethingOf which poets often write Add stars and gentle breezesThat shimmer and that playAnd just a curve of crescent moonA bright slice left from day Stay with me while the phasesOf varied darkness passAs we cherish our connectionWhile dew forms on the grass.

Perhaps just the way that you said itPerhaps it was just what I heardPerhaps what you meantWas not what you saidOr I just read into your words Why must it be so confusing?Why can’t we say what we mean?Or when we doWe don’t recognize truthAnd imagine it some other way Sometimes I’m tired of listeningTo things that are said in my headIf I take face valueWhen I’m talking to you  What are chances that I’ll be misled? So promi...

It was two days before Christmas and it was swelteringly hot. Tess lay in her hammock in the shade of the back veranda. She was wearing was a skimpy white bikini that was no more than three tiny triangles of cloth that tried to conceal her nipples and pussy. Drew and Dave sat on out door chairs. They were wearing a pair of shorts each and were bare chested. Condensation droplets were forming on the cold bottles of beer th...

Make no mistake  I heard the wordsBut chose not to reply My thoughts are, firstDid you mean to hurt?And if that's so, then why? Have I done wrong?Have I caused harm?What reason could there be? My rig's been tossedMy bearing lostAs I seek calmer seasAbsorbing shockI processAnd line up what to say So when I speakI don't inciteAnd we communicate.

I tried to research sourcesI could find no proof I tried to seek out referencesI guess they all had moved I thought up some trick questionsThey did seem answered right And who says "lie detector test"As a date some night? I wish there were a sure-fire wayTo leach out the truth Instead of just believingWhen you say "I love you."

I said itYou had thought itI thought  What you had saidYou have a wondrous talentFor getting in my head You root around among my thoughtsAnd then they’re on your lipsSpoken in your measured voiceAs though you’ve read the script You speak the words I fear to sayHeld shaded in my heartOnce verbalized, fear fades awayThus losing all its power I love it when we talk aboutHow things make us feelAnd when we manage to resolveAn...

It suddenly occurred to meI’m feeling a clichéWhat else can possibly explainPerceiving things this way? My arms are arms, and end in handsNot wings of gossamerI walk on ground and do not floatLike lepidoptera My heart, it beatsI hear it thumpBut seems to me it singsSurely that’s a neighbor’s musicCarried on the wind? The tingles on my bodyCould the cause be thatI’ve wandered now distractedly  Into a swarm of gnats? A grin...

She stands before youSo sincereHer heart is on displayCradled in her outstretched handsHeld so tenderly You melt to see her standing thereYou want so to believeAnd to accept her offeringYour hands begin to reach And as you do she pulls awaySaying, "you must play the game"And takes you to a tableWhere sit three shells, all the same She sets one shell atop her heartAnd shuffles them aboutAnd under which shell her heart lies...

Grazed by your eyesAs though you have touched meWatching your lipsWhile words emerge softly Speaking to meTelling me moreI just want to stay hereLetting them pour Silken, like scarvesThat trail through my mindThey calm, yet exciteAs I try to slow time And prolong this nightTo capture its passingAs cel by celI live it while watching So keenly consciousOf each matchless momentNo passage of timeShall erode its impact Invokin...

In better timesI bought two heartsBoth were lapis blueOne I set in my glass caseThe other, gave to you I thought it sweetWe each had heartsAnd they were both the sameThough yours went in a little drawerWith papers and loose change The drawer was in a wooden standIn your entrywayAnd where you placed your front door keyThe end of every day When you diedI took the heartTo have it back with meIt sits upon my nightstandI see i...

He left her for youFlashback to high schoolThe snickers, the sneersYou both aimed at her tears In public you preenedAnd canoodled and cooedIn private, she grievedBut did not lash out at you So now it’s laterAnd you are aloneBroadcasting your painSince your love has gone Friends gather roundTo shore up your strengthNo one is jeering  Or rejoicing your fate Stop now and thinkHow it would feelIf people took stabsInstead of h...