The New Beaten Path

Haiku

it is leaves
fall as they may
softened footsteps

from any angle
my sky deserves blue
tears shed a rainbow

rapid heartbeats
waves lap upon silence
unprepared for sunset

i know
no capitilization
only art form

Prose

Love Interest

I saw the mischief worn upon your sideways glances at me. The telltale sign of a flirt dipping toes in unsure waters. Had I smiled, you surely would have engaged in some sort of large, small-talk conversation. When I considered other options my emotions scurried like mice and were no place to be found. An appetite for meaningless commaradarie was not a taste I chose to acquire. Maybe another time or another place, but that moment, was not the answer.

Misfortune

You feel need to correct me. Lack of perfection yells at me daily. Mistake, an oversite of a dust bunny that scittered across the floor. The world has rotated from my direction to your control. I have resigned. Myself is no longer a member of this relationship. I bow down to you.  You have removed past, present, and future.

Limmerick

My Bad Luck

I once had a girlfriend named Tammy
Who cared too much for jammies
She wouldn't sleep nude
She felt it was rude
and left me for one of the nannies.

Phridbits

Mighty Fine Grief

There is always a chance it will be worth it
after the long bawl.

Not This Time

There was always a chance. This time your gold
pan came up empty.

Poetry

Diamonds

Wait for the sparkle
teardrop on the corner
of an eye
too long dry
unable to deflect
emotion outward
kept close
like a comforter
when heat
cannot find
body of the poem
it is buried deep
hand clasped
mind closed after
your last goodbye.

LONGING

I tried to feel your pain
but could not hold it
tried to hold your love 
but could not keep it
tried to keep you close
but could not stop you
tried to stop inevitable
as inevitable is distance
distance divides us
divides what was
into was and is over.