Crystal-white Angels

With a por-crackle-fizz
firecrackers boom - light descendant,
crystal-white angels
peer out of sulfur haze.

A startle of noise
to remind me of your disappearnace
3 years ago today.

Any Convenient Jesus

I seek any convenient Jesus
or a Mary Magdalene
with which to confess or select
my new sins.

A diplomat in the night
or a friend where I can turn.
Someone to lay me prostrate
and wish away the shingles
from my eyes.

Moon

Filled with the breath of cold-colored winds
and a mid-summer downpour, moon is calling.

Through broken clouds and harsh rains, she is
a performance ignored.

The sharpest spinning circles hewn by
ancient giants, the moon pulls on
the melancholy, dreamer, and roundtowner
alike.

Steaming, beaming, constantly gleaming,
moon is calling.
Can you hear its roar?

This Weight

When I close my eyes in darkness,
I feel this weight.

"What do you see?"
"How do you feel?"

The night is cumbersome,
counted out slowly. I have
gathered my patience
anticipated your next move
and realized what is to come.

Softness

She is flooded with softness
and softness can undo a man;
break him to his barest parts
or restore him
to what he was once before.

One Last Dance

All I ask:
to be hip-handed
and locked in tight.

One last dance
to bring me through
long, dark nights, a string
of memories to forget.

One last 'I love you,'
All I ask,
heart-felt and whisper-sent
to know I am still
with you.

Kisses Like Pearls

Kisses like pearls
make wet circles along my back
and ease precious pains.
Sometimes the only consolation
when the rest of the night
has gone astray.

Fall Breaks In

A thief in night,
Fall breaks in and steals
Summer currencies, trading them
For ice-capped diamonds
Or autumn doubloons.

Trespassing on our time, a colder touch
holds us hostage for awhile.
And with a change
Of season, fall swindles us again,
Smuggles innocence,
Escapes with youth,
Leaves memories intact.