How do I know I love her

April 9, 2018

Saw her today climb into a car, someone else’s

May such moments of pain bring me
A clearer understanding

Bequeath her the rest of my years
Unlived, untainted, closer to God
This is how I know I love her.

Gypsy Magic

Weight Off My Heart

Lust Never Sleeps

Lust never sleeps, It dreams of you Your face in my head Questioning me, confronting me With those big conquering eyes Prodding me to be straight And honorable, to you, to you alone Squeezing the last breath out of me...

January 8, 2018

At the Speed of Dwarak

Thus I crawl from one doorstep to another.
Waiting for the Death,
Hoping it will show up when I sleep.

June 11, 2018

What Happens When a Man–a Writer–Falls in Love With a Woman On the Internet?

When night and day Separated us Our whispers came together Crawling into each other’s bed Or was it my bed, and your chair? And then… “And then?” And then your hand reached Through static and...

October 21, 2016

A Letter To My Autobiographer

See see see, I am here, right here you see. First you turned me on. Turned me like a marble, from words of garble. Round and round in your fingers, round and round in your head. Only a first draft You said, Wait till...

February 13, 2017

Happy as a Bridge, Now That You Are Back

Head down in it, I was fiddling with the back panel, prying it open A shadow, silvery, appeared, almost stopping my heart I looked up, dropped everything, saw the silvery shadow turn into you golden My nerves...

May 27, 2017