I found a small book
at Fact ‘n’ Fiction
one day.
A book of songs.
It has songs of all kinds.
Songs that make you
laugh
but sad
at the same time.
There are songs
full of anxiety
and desire,
of freedom
and longing.
Some songs are like smells
sweet but strong.
Or like the breeze
that touches your eyes lashes gently
and blows just
before it pours madness from
Thick
grey clouds.
Some are like paintings
I can’t paint.
There are more songs than
I can talk about,
In more shades than I can see
in a lifetime,
I tell myself
as I slip the book
back
into its shelf.
A few songs is
all you need.
I hope I can keep coming
back to it.
July 19, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Divorce
This business of switching sides,
of a door hanging
loosely by the hinges
most screws gone,
is intriguing.
The hinges aren’t
the way it was planned
Years ago.
But is that reason enough
to walk in and out of a door
as you please?
In a house with no windows
they couldn’t shut all doors
at all times.
You can keep a door open
and still put a sign up
that says
“Do not disturb”
at the cost of upsetting someone
even if it is your own
Self.
I would’ve called you my shadow
sweetheart
and I, yours.
But, from the time I heard
about the divorce
I have been careful
about the words
I choose.
July 19, 2008
of a door hanging
loosely by the hinges
most screws gone,
is intriguing.
The hinges aren’t
the way it was planned
Years ago.
But is that reason enough
to walk in and out of a door
as you please?
In a house with no windows
they couldn’t shut all doors
at all times.
You can keep a door open
and still put a sign up
that says
“Do not disturb”
at the cost of upsetting someone
even if it is your own
Self.
I would’ve called you my shadow
sweetheart
and I, yours.
But, from the time I heard
about the divorce
I have been careful
about the words
I choose.
July 19, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
The bar
I can sit here all night
talking about the virtues
of rum
with my friend
or his friend.
But, this woman
swimming and dancing in my glass
is bothering me.
It is not because
she is a woman
Or because it is my glass
she is dancing in.
You can go for a swim alone
and you can dance alone
but she is dancing with herself.
Look, she can’t even dance!
But, she seems to enjoy
this celebration
of being alone.
I can’t swim
and I can’t dance
I can celebrate being alone.
But, not like her somehow.
We are all different, I know.
and a woman dancing
or swimming
or singing
can attract or distract.
But, this is different.
I will leave the glass here
with my drink unfinished
so she can enjoy her dance.
on the bus back home,
I will think about how
she got into my glass.
July 9, 2008
talking about the virtues
of rum
with my friend
or his friend.
But, this woman
swimming and dancing in my glass
is bothering me.
It is not because
she is a woman
Or because it is my glass
she is dancing in.
You can go for a swim alone
and you can dance alone
but she is dancing with herself.
Look, she can’t even dance!
But, she seems to enjoy
this celebration
of being alone.
I can’t swim
and I can’t dance
I can celebrate being alone.
But, not like her somehow.
We are all different, I know.
and a woman dancing
or swimming
or singing
can attract or distract.
But, this is different.
I will leave the glass here
with my drink unfinished
so she can enjoy her dance.
on the bus back home,
I will think about how
she got into my glass.
July 9, 2008
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