When I No Longer Exist, You Will
Put your fuchsia lipstick on
And let’s walk out into the sun.
Your hazel eyes sparkle in the daylight
Standing near the floral shop
Making all the loneliness of yesterday
Seem alright.
So many glamorous words like alluring
Enter my mind and dance
When I fall asleep at night
And dream of your gold necklace
In the barroom light
As you stand sweetly
With a glass of wine.
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Sacred Ghost of My Soul
Piano sunset
And September dreams
Of your yellow dress.
My heart is rolling
Like a runaway wheel
To your heart.
I wish we were climbing
A green country hill
Soft October breeze of childhood
Against my skin.
There was an English rock band
We would get drunk to
And dance beneath the approving moon.
I was always in love
With you pale white face,
Sacred ghost of my soul.
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My Wine Glass Is Emptied
I never pursued
Money interest,
Power, or prestige;
I only wanted to hear
Feminine laughter
And touch a woman’s hair
In the summer moonlight.
Responsibility
Was never a suit
That hung well on me.
But in time,
My wine glass
Was emptied
And the summer ended
With increased anxiety.
At some point, everyone chooses
Between the grave
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Reevaluations
I’m not a husband to a good woman,
I’m not a father to precious children,
I’m not attached to anyone or anything,
I can easily, in a moment, cut all strings,
And I have abandoned everything.
But I saw a young dad
Walking with three little girls,
They were holding his hands
And dancing by his side,
I turned my head and wept for the tenderness
I have denied myself.
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Compliments and Consolations
Accept your happiness,
It is your inheritance of divinity
For your god-like arrival
On the human scene.
The universe loves you
As if you were a resident of Mt. Olympus.
Live each day like a stroll through a spring park
Where every flower petal waves to you
Wafting the perfume of hope.
Secret voices are waiting to offer you
Compliments and consolations
When you need them most.
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If You Don’t Find Love
In this city, you can die
In a lonely drive-by,
Blood oozing from your chest
In the dirty street
And someone will walk over you
Eating a sandwich
And never skip a beat.
If you don’t find love, one day,
You’ll suffer a funereal
Without any mourners,
Or possibly be tossed
On a garbage heap.
Things don’t look currently
That encouraging to me,
But I’m not decaying yet.
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This City
This city
Is vastly plagued with loneliness.
I’m looking for Van Morrison’s
Brown-eyed girl
And I cry at the sight
Of every ponytail.
I believe in a higher love
But everyone
Is too busy seeking
Money pursuits on glittering streets
Of superficiality.
Where is the delicate hand
That will hold mine and pray with me
By the mountain’s waterfall
Which weeps for genuine kindness?
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Rewinding The Tape
My heart is lacerated
With a fear
That the love behind your eyes
Will find it impossible to survive.
I suspect God
Is rewinding a tape
Of all our past lives
And dreadful fates
In an endless cycle
Of reoccurring mistakes.
I wonder if,
In a previous lifetime,
I was your lover or best friend
For whom you could not depend?
I just don’t know
What I’ll do
If this happens again!
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The Tender Night
Fragile in the tender night,
I want to kiss you in the moonlight,
Gently speak your name as you softly gaze
Into a romantic candle’s flickering flame,
Make you feel like nothing is more important
Than your sacred heartbeats…
I am in love with you
And I want us to wander
Through the exciting city
Of amorous breaths and dreams
Until we are entangled
Inseparably with happiness.
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The Glamour of the Stars
The moon is watching
And the city trees blush.
Her apartment at midnight,
A kiss on the balcony
Before goodnight.
Her breath is warm
Like a dream beneath blankets
Just before dawn.
Love in this blue misty place,
Her angelic face
Beneath streetlights
Captivates my imagination.
The glamour of the stars
Dancing upon her hair,
How can I ever tell her
I only live for her adoration?
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