Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Enflame

I was always one to pick at scabs,
you said
but I'll be that judge of that

No.

you're reading it________wrong
I'm not your girl
________and anyway,
I'm supposed to be king

Don't
_____touch me you'll
enflame the wound
besides,
______the Red
brings out my eyes.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

poets

we all want to be
_____________poets
but we
don't know what to
___say or how to write these-
____________________right these?
_________trembling
_________shattered
_________fading
_________dying
_________ordinary
days.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

faith is...

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see".

Faith is a muscle.
Faith is a gift.
Faith is sight-reading.
Faith is not blind.
Faith goes well with ketchup.
Faith is a Masterpiece.
Faith is weak.
Faith is strong.
Faith can throw your mountains in the sea.
Faith remains.
Faith is new.
Faith is old.
Faith is written.
Faith is that hollow, aching spot in my chest.
Faith is [not] afraid of the dark.

Monday, May 08, 2006

china

I am only
china
but you
break me once
___again
rebreak me once
___again

mercifully re
________broken
violently re
_______ paired
constantly re
_________minded
of the cracks beneath my
skin

of my dust upon your
fingers I am
dust
upon your
fingers I am
________china I am
_____________broken I am
Yours.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

you were

You were bone of my bone, once
my son
but now you've grown your own
your sticks and stones bruise
my shins now.

Inside me you were safe.

So I will iron your polo shirts
while you slay your virtual foes
shedding [my] virtual blood
my
dragons
will
not
die.