Monday, November 14, 2011

In your simplicity

when your eyelashes fluttered,
beating a wind that caused a storm in the middle east...

well, it was really only a blink,
miniscule.

and when your cheeks flushed with the red intensity
of blood as it rushed to meet your feelings of embarrassment...

well, it was really only a blush,
uncontrollable.

and when your voice emitted ideas that flew into the sunrise
like birds taking flight into the light that darkness has fled from...

well, it was really just a thought,
understandable.

The frilliness of words with which we express ourselves
takes away from our awesome simplicity
from the intrinsic beauty that we have and share in.
The frilliness of my words aren't fair to you,
adding embellishment and trills in the air,
decorating you when you need
no decoration.
affirming you when you need
no affirmation.
Beautifying you when you can't be
more beautiful than you already are.

so here he is
a man that blinks, blushes and thinks
and in his simplicity
he is who he is
and he is loved.



- For my best friend on his 21st birthday

Monday, November 7, 2011

a sudden unknown
has reached the sweet void of
my lover's heart
beating black nails bleeding
white on a wooden board
having nothing or everything
to do with the silence he keeps since
his eyes became unglued struggling to keep a
tallied inventory on what everyday
things captured his soul
and when he looks at me
and the mountains of sparks emerging from the tips
of our toes
he laughs