6 Poems from 2000
forever
you are beautiful
more than words can say
you twist my heart
i am in love with you
i dance when we meet
i twirl, a bit the fool
we have our time
we understand that
i wish it were forever
Poem 166
December 21, 2000
your hand
i will walk with you
and touch your hand
(as lovers sometimes do)
we will talk of things
and tease each other
(as lovers often do)
you will say what you feel
and i will hear
(as lovers always do)
Poem 165
December 21, 2000
endless streets
would you trade your whole life
for an hour of real love?
would the shine in your lover’s eyes
give you heart for a century?
would the chance of meeting her
make you walk endless streets?
love is a very strange thing
but our love is not strange at all
Poem 164
December 4, 2000
however small
is it better to dream
i’ve loved than not love at all
does an imagined kiss
have passion however small
was there ever a time
you loved me after all
Poem 163
November 4, 2000
the one
she smiled
and asked: are you the one?
i responded: definitely not
i’m a composite
a bunch of stones in the creek
i’m a number like 735
or 11,021
definitely odd
i ain’t been prime
for about twenty years
i’d like to be singular
but i tend to multiply
go schizophrenic on weekends
she nodded and replied:
how very nice
i sure missed her number
Poem 162
September 28, 2000
our joy
and yes it’s love
your face is perfect and calm
as we yell out our joy
at o-matsuri
and no it’s not possible
your love’s yours and mine’s mine
and we have our own joys
while they last
but it could have been
there could have been you and i
and our joy beyond compare
for hours and hours and hours
Poem 166
September 18, 2000
any of it
i’m sick and tired of lovely
young women smiling at me
i can’t have any of it
it clogs my veins and weakens
my heart and makes my teeth hurt
if i don’t do anything
wrong and if i do something
it’s all sails blowing in the wind
three steps up and off the cliff
Poem 160
August 24, 2000
dump truck
that great dump truck from the sky
when you choose to pick me up
make it late, not too early
i’ve got plans and i’ve got hopes
gimme a chance and i’ll go quiet
gimme time, i won’t waste it
dump truck dump truck in the sky
this ain’t gonna end too well
how ‘bout we just trash this deal
Poem 159
July 11, 2000
flutter in vain
i have no protection
from the heat of your smile
and it burns all the way thru
my heart’s wings flutter in vain
i need you to alight
but in you i will perish
Poem 158
July 2, 2000
free as time
whatever hours of happiness
you can pull from time’s flow
drift and dream in them
whichever course you take
you are free as time flows
time means nothing to you
whenever you’re restless
you’re time’s daughter after all
dreams like time never end
Poem 157
April 22, 2000
put in words
some things can’t be put in words
what does “i love you” reveal
does it show how my heart hurts
how it jumps when you arrive
how it delights in your smile
these things can’t be felt in words
Poem 156
April 13, 2000
in my dreams
goodbye my love good night
i won’t see you in my dreams
or meet you anywhere
your smile will surely flash
your eyes will surely call out
i won’t be there to see
we shared time together
and walked along the river
good night my love good bye
Poem 155
March 25, 2000
you eyes
because there is beauty
does not mean there is safety
do you wish for more hours
we could share together
we could dance as dancers do
does time not worry you
your eyes are so strong
did we share this dance before
i remember touching you
Poem 154
March 19, 2000
paths cross
i get lost in your eyes
and freeze when our paths cross
i want to talk with you
and tell you my feelings
i’d like to hear your voice
and laugh as lovers do
Poem 153
February 28, 2000
a dancer lost
in your eyes i see you’ve grown
a clearer sharper image
of who you are and will be
more confident and knowing
a dancer lost in a pose
time’s adding to your beauty
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