Have and Have Not

Have I tried again to be too much,
To give too much
to help too much?

Have I wanted again to be too much,
To give too much
to help too much?

Have I failed again to be too much,
To give too much
to help too much?

Or not enough?

I've longed to be loved
I've wished to be wanted
I've waited for many things

I've thrown my pennies in many ponds
I've wished on whooshing stars

I've given all I have


9 November 2009

Love's Labours

In my time of
tried and true
The most rigorous
experiment of all
Has been that
simply of love.
Definition of or
Instruction for
Has never nor
will ever be.
Self guided journeys
yield bumps and bruises
Of many a wounded heart.
Of the emotions
easiest to catch,
Love is the hardest
to release.
Self-inflicted wounds of
Heartache and Break
Are forever imminent.

13 Feb 01

The Keeper

Hands circle around
feeling the marks.
Marks that have never moved.
But have seen the world over.
These hands wring and wrought
With the misery of the world.
Holding together the
pieces of the universe.
Chains unbroken
Words unspoken
Time is the weight
On the hands that move
Around the face.
This face that watches over me.
As the master of time
Tolls its chimes.

26 Sep 97