beautiful and alone

Kiss me like you know me
and I'll kiss you like I know you
the next time we see each other
at the bar. Your smile is as sweet
as your kiss. You come close
and I am lost in you for the
moment. You hold my hand
and tell me how good it is
to see me. I believe it cause
I want to. Cause I want it
to be true. Let me take you
home, I think but do not say.
You smile and laugh, take a
sip from your drink.

How many miles to the sea?
How many miles until we are alone together?

Alone you cry tonight
Together but apart now
Feeling your sorrow

If I Need Your Help

Haven't forgotten my promises
I have trouble remembering myself lately
I'm still here walking through these days and nights
Am I in love or just breathing
Missives from another lifetime
Scraps of memories
Flashes of a past all too fleeting
Will you help me find a way home
Or will you remind me
There's nowhere to go back to

We aren't alone in this place

No matter

What signs to the contrary

there may be

Alone together

in our solitude

Getting Ready

The last of the daylight entered

the house as he walked through 

the door. He set his bag on the couch

and went straight to the kitchen.

His parents went to visit his Aunt

because she was ill. They didn't want
him to miss mid-terms that day,

so they decided to leave him alone

for the weekend. He grabbed a cold

soda from the fridge and stood

at the front door. The neighborhood

was silent but for the passing wind.

The lights of dinner-time filled 

the windows of the neighbors across

the street. Sweet coolness bubbled

past his lips, pooled in his stomach.

Stars were fading into view 

as the canvas changed with the ease

of a chameleon. Sandy said she'd

call when she was ready to come 

over. His bed was made, she said

she'd bring something for them 

to drink. The headlights of a car

appeared in the distance 

and moved closer. As the car began

to pass the house, the phone 

started ringing. He raced for it

and grabbed it before the machine

picked up. Her voice was clear,

I'll be there in fifteen minutes.

He could hear her smile. Ok,

he said, and went to change.