Through the Trees

Through the trees
bonfire bright
did you see the flames

Log upon log
tinder and my tender heart
waiting watching

The flames flame then
die wood
becomes embers
stirred by branched memories

Lights at tunnels end
leading to conclusions
that do not fruit

Sunrise slithers
among the smoke
choking the last glow
of you and me
leaving the residue
of tearless goodbyes.

Caution Side Effects

“The nail that sticks out gets hammered down” –  Japanese proverb

Heart attack, diarrhea, redrum
Typo
Insanity, flatulence, murder
Type O

nails-introThere are nails
flat round heads
opposite steel points
jack hammers
want us to be trees
when we are flowers
flowers when we are trees

Pine boxes and pyramids covet
the pages in between
neither sad or consolable
walking asleep
awake sleeping

Pretending chocolate cake
is fabric
resolute in mistake
life a dangle before death
shared intimate permissions
drizzled in sunshine
when kiss and touch
prove there is god
between our lips and loins