A LITTLE SAILOR

Here we go Not as a “we” really But as of a you and me Not as a bang But as a whimper And there I go And there she goes And poof As if...

They walked Hand in hand Their footsteps In the sand Side by side A little staggered As though subtly shy Those prints seem To be saying...

The milk is about to spill It's sitting on the windowsill The dogs are barking The coworkers are snarking And the boss is ready to kill...

Tell me you love me By the tips of your fingers Tell me you care When you let your lips linger Show me your love With your eyes so...

She's a little rough around the edges As if the gardener forgets to trim the hedges Yet when it's become safe to stay The little lady...

Dear love, how many lifetimes must I have loved you to be so enamored now before we've even met? Let me find all the ways that I may open...

These withered old hands Held her for the first time at 19 And she at 18 and married Her at 19 These hands embraced her In those old...

Come away with me into the night Come with me so we could wake into the light Somewhere the stars will twinkle and shine Where our love...

I read the pages of your body Avidly The words of your novel written All along your skin Through the curve of your breast And the angles...

I want to dance in the most beautiful place on earth Where light begins and sweetness always remain I want to sing in the most beautiful...

Life is a banquet Filled with succulent morsels And this poor fool is starving For your affection Subsisting off of meager Crumbs Begging...

This is the last poem I will write for you These words penned a sketch of unrequited longing For a lover missing in action far, far away...

oh my darling dear, sorry to hear you are under the weather I shall send you a sweater, some chicken soup, and whisky and attend to thee...

You play Hide and seek with Pieces of me Some days I have no Brains for want of you Other days I have no Fingers to grasp at reality Some...

We almost touched As our bodies got closer We almost got singed As our eyes met across the way Our bodies almost collided Our lips almost...

The worse Part About breaking Up is knowing That no one Cares about You that way Anymore And you no longer Care about Anyone that way...

Fall Is coming Or is it here? The leaves Turning, kissing The late sun away It is time To say goodbye to The heat, and beaches and Summer...

She said to me Quit writing sad shit It's time to go She said to me Time's 'a-wasting In search of happiness It's time to go And she said...

Oh how quickly Men cool to women And how slowly Women warm up to men And somewhere within This song and dance There’s a chance We’d have...

Lady, be not a fool And cease your tired longing Only fools love foolishly; It’s your pain you are prolonging Pining for an unrequited...