I Drowned Before You Could Save Me

PEEL
all this new skin
is peeling away
to reveal
something
new that
i did not
know was
there.
i can see it
coming off
in sheets
from my
stomach,
back
and legs.
not quite clear
enough to see
through
completely
but enough
to see the light.
this newly exposed
flesh begins
to glisten
in the rays
of the morning
sun.


Mater
we began our ascent
so innocently
so many years ago.
none of our
fore bearers
could have foreseen
the future
that we now
call the present.
padre
and mater
lay in such
an unfortunate
divide
that perhaps
we are struggling
once more
to get to
mater
again.



Donde El Corazon Vive
Love
does not exist
in only one way.
It exists in ways
and forms
that many of us
would be hard
pressed to recognize
at first glance.
Love
shifts its form
over and over
to the time
and the individual.
there is no such thing
as a human that
has led a
loveless life.



Bottlelips
There has been
a certain type of clarity
in me the last few months
since i last put that
precious bottle
to my lips.
My mind seems to be
firing off its
hopes and ambitions
at such a frightening pace
that it now seems
everything is possible
and within grasp
if the strength to achieve
remains.
There are worse things
that could happen
to someone
when they go sober
but this is probably
a pretty good one.