When You See Me

When you see me,
when you allow my true self to shine,
through the roles I’ve learned to play,
through the masks I wear so well,

when you see me,
when you illuminate my brightest needs,
redeeming mountains of darkness,
making my deepest wishes breathe. Freely.

 

 

 

 

Fishy Love Poem

I am the shyest fish,
I have ever encountered.

The sun rises,
all my friends gather at the water table.
I hesitate.
I cannot trust the light.

(How do I dare to fish you?)

 

 

 

 

There

To bring me out of
the forests,
the dark cold forests,
of missing,

of missing myself,

to bring me out of
my sickness,
my hate,
my

frauds of nothingness,

my box.

To bring me out of
that night
that I may see you

there.

 

 

 

Where are you, better world?

I’ve prepared everything for you.
Taken my medication,
hidden my cigarettes from the kids,
pampered the neighborhood with quiet sounds,
stopped clipping newspaper articles,
pushed the past under the bed,
sworn friendship to the present,
shared the latest with my mother,
opened the doors for my death.

Where are you, better world?