Tendrils

The taste is different today
Colors a different taint
When I crawled out of bed on the wrong side
I didn’t know how much I’d miss you

Struggling with an idea
Trying to put down words
Sometimes you have to walk away
But there’s a line I like so I must stay

There’s a shadow of an idea
Lurking about
So with bated breath and furtive glances
I reach and grasp a tendril from the ether

September 20, 2013 4

Plugging Away

sitting nameless in the maze
waiting for someone to find me
plugging into the system
looking for connectivity

drones tapping away
flashes pass me by
is this my life now
figures grab my eye

maintain
status
retina
overload

my taste buds screaming for more
something real not imitation
flavors exploding on my tongue
do you need an invitation

there is no shutting down
just click restart
no escape except the button
I can draw you up a chart

touch
swipe
error
crash

September 19, 2013 2

Hurry Friday

Thursdays
such a tease
delights imagined
just steps away
just get through today
somehow Thursdays suck
all energy I’ve had
all hope for the week
drained
emotionally spent
making copies
freeing paper jams
typing reports
that are as meaningful
as ice to the devil
so hurry the hell up
Friday
so I can begin to really live
love, be happy
because this is purgatory
with heaven a breath away

September 19, 2013 0

Burning

Burning so damn much
it’s hard to write
What sweet words
can I give as a token
What I feel sure as hell isn’t affection
but a burning
so deep within
I try to claw it out
Only I succeed
not at easing the ache
but in yearning more for you
Should I beg
try to steal
a moment of your time
Relief’s not in my grasp
without you
Believe me
I tried
and was burned