Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Homesick

For David.

So.
it comes down to this:
____dirt
that isn’t mine
and these
words I’ll never
____________say
’cause they’re
carved in the back of my neck.

lack

is without
definition
so save your breath, _____________Friend
your brooding hills won’t summon
back
what I have _______thrown to the wind

I’d rather be
_____________________lost
among distant baobabs

(displacement is easier to stomach)

than found
in the close of your arms.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

breathe deep (how we overcome)

breathe deep, my darling

though the
_______sea is
______high and the
_______sun is
______low and the
night rises up to your neck

breathe deep through
sun-caked lips and
air-scorched lungs

breathe deep
these poison arrows
and blackened suns

breathe deep
the rotten hope
the way to overcome

_________________"but I do believe..."