I might hang myself right side down
and drip dry my self
from swinging hooks,
so that you might have room
to make a home
beneath my skin.
I want your hands
against these bones which ache,
too much,
for your touch,
and for your heart to beat in unison
alongside the endless murmurs of mine.
I wouldn’t mind having you under this skin,
so would it be too much to ask,
to have you make your way in?
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Triolet Poem #62
Some will still bite the hand that feeds,
yet they will still beg you for more.
More flames are all a fire needs.
Some will still bite the hand that feeds.
Follow the light, see where it leads,
we don't need reasons to lie for.
Some will still bite the hand that feeds,
yet they will still beg you for more.
"The Hand That Feeds", JEP
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My stomach is full
Full of things to say, still
Tongues are useless
Not worth the burn
A dance for two, fire and fire
Its sweet allure
Leaves a bitter taste
Crushing my fingers, one by one
Bound by dread
Why build a sandcastle
Why use bones
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wandering the industrial landscape
with the best headache money can
buy
the burial of the ego in the hills of
fallen bricks.
i'll take my chances
digging graves with only hands
i'll take my chances
revolutionizing the dead world of
crying in a phonebooth
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Somewhere, I am alive.
Not here—where this
body burrows into itself,
but somewhere else.
Where the sinew knows
what’s expected and is grateful.
There—I dance,
and it does not hurt.
I move without thunder
in my chest.
I’m free to go out softly,
into the rest of it,
and live and live and live.
— From Winter, ‘Not Here’
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Love is many things but it is also an agreement where both parties state their needs, their expectations, their limits. Both must be honest with each other and themselves, and go in with eyes wide open. Things must be talked out loud, and not assumed. Hurts must not be allowed to fester and anything that bothers or upsets you must be brought out to the light even if it is difficult. Communication must always remain open and vibrant for change is inevitable and these conversations must be had constantly. If there comes a time you cannot come to an understanding then please part before bitterness and hurt take over and obliterate every good memory from both of your hearts. Love is an agreement, a pact, a promise, something that must be held in reverence and honored by those involved.
e.v.e.
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The moment I saw her, is the moment I became jealous of the sun that touches her skin, the air that is pulled into her lungs, the wind that caresses its fingers tight around her body.
That's the moment I truly knew how to dream.
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How do I know these hands
are the right ones?
Sometimes they feel
so distant I think,
surely
they cannot be mine --
And if they are, mine
(the "right" ones) --
then are they the
r i g h t o n e s ?
Are these hands the ones
made
to fit in yours?
And, then,
what of yours?
Are they made to fit
in mine?
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Before the lights go out
Let's be lovers for a day,
In case we won't make it through the night!
At least we'll have a story to hold onto
For when the world ends,
We know we're not meant to grow old
So maybe let's tell each other words
We’ve never heard before,
Confess our crimes and taste the sky
Before it all comes down,
Before the earth is fire and ash,
Before the lights go out.
~ A. A. Roman
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dazzling drops
of April sunlight
form constellations
among the mangroves
diamond chains
of exploding novas
sparked to life by an
ever-changing cosmos
.
RhymingTherapy—April 2024 (my gif)
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It was Never about You //
3 of 3: Poems From the First Evening I've Spent Alone in Over a Month
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I write to you, of you, not because our souls are intertwined,
neither because you're mine or I'm yours,
but because I do not know of any other audience,
for these thoughts, in the form of mere words,
for this fragmented existence,
which reveals through the cracks of past experiences,
to lose itself in the captivating beauty,
that is yourself.
- DG
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Sometimes I need you so much. I don't know why there seems to be a black hole that opens inside my chest, a tightness in my throat that won't leave, this burning in my blood that screams your name.
e.v.e.
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