Tonight

The world is at peace

Again realizing how lucky I am to be here.

Once more I can close my eyes to envision the farthest reaches of the Earth

And all that there is to offer.

Take me, please, to where I need to see, to gasp, to breathe, for life.

To be sitting here, writing this to you, is only luck.

And I, my friend, am the luckiest.

SKICK's

Some Colorado street somewhere, 

ignoring the lights under the California night,
just trying to drive home,
and leave the escape
that only took me 15 miles to get to.

What a peace I found in a world so unfamiliar.
But there I was, for the last time
I leave the place hidden in the back,
full of love, full of love.

They don’t care.
They don’t want to hear it.
Just live among them.
You.

Remembrance

I remember when time stopped,

and all that was left was the silence that
filled the room,
like the haze on a cloudy day,
or the humidity that fills your skin.

I remember.

I remember mornings of mistakes,
nights of confusion.

I remember.

I remember when I wrote so much I could die.
But it kept me going, so alive, and peaceful.

I remember.

I remember the beauty all around me,
in everything,
illuminated.

Foaming

Hey Dad, they let the dog out.
I can feel her breathing as I sit nervously,
feeling scared in a city I’ve never winced in, but should have.


I knew this would hit me: even the sober get crazy sometimes.
She’s staring. Her teeth are as yellow as a school bus, her breath is hungry.
I am only protected by this locked car door.


But there’s a smirk, or a smile, poking its head out of the anger.
This dog means no harm.
She’s a saint, an angel,
only adapting to her surroundings.

El Pescador

I am the mountain enclosing her.

Endlessly surrounding her water maze,

I breathe harder and shake to void her

to an Earth less pathetic, more than me.

It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge.

I am the fisherman walking over you,

I need a new way to catch you

and throw you back as I please.

Aimless.

She looks for the opening

somewhere near

the bottom. Failure to achieve this

may cause a life of wonder,

a life uneased.

But she does not look for the answers

because she’ll slowly find a way.