Category: My poems

If You’d Let Me, I’d Fall Into You Forever

Into the taste of you, the scent of you,
Into the sound of your laughter,
into the deep-field galaxies in your eyes.

I would travel through the universe of you,
exploring the worlds inside you,
your thoughts that light the skies.

If you’d let me, I’d love you with everything I have,
with the parts of me I haven’t yet discovered,
with all my will and wonder.

I would sing you every song,
write you every line,
awaken to the desire and joy of you.

You are who I hoped I’d find,
after I finally found myself,
the dream at the end of my rainbow heart. 

And if you’d let me,
really let me,
I’d fall into you forever.

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Lost And Found

You left your water bottle.
You left your scent on the sheets.
You left a space on the couch where you belong.

You left me reeling.
You left me wanting more.
You left the taste of salt and honey.

You left paintbrushes and a toothbrush.
You left an Eagles CD as a joke.
And in the end — you left.

Stay.

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14 May 2024
Charlottesville VA

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The Space Between Stations

the sound of the rain swells
though the open bedroom window
as if every house on the block
was tuned not to the ballgame
or the fight but to static
the space between stations

deep in the center of me
the rain makes me long for you
the touch of your strongsoft hands
the reassurance of your breathing

as the rain settles to a murmur
I say your name, turn out the light

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9 May 2024
Charlottesville VA

for you

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