Transient city

My London Bridges are falling down

falling down, falling down

my fair lady.

Back to the plan

I helped someone

change their life

for the better today.

It doesn't happen

everyday.

It should.

Rough

Don't be rough with

other people's hearts.

Don't waste a single second longer

with people who are rough with yours.

Wonderment

Had I not been

just a child

I may have missed

the wonderment

right here.

You could be failing

Did you know?

you could be failing

and trying again

and still be changing

the world for good.

Multitudes

I was once

nothing

to the world
 and to you.

I've been living,

 and lamenting,
and loving life

all these years.

The world has broken me,

and put me back together.

I have travelled it,

with many places more to go.

I have met great people,

some of whom you'll never meet.
I have strange stories
some of which you'll never hear. But,

now I'm here

and I am multitudes -

sitting next to you.

Lazy Cat

 

Lazy cat

was sooo lazy

or maybe

he knew he only
had to be a cat;

(the best cat he could be)

and nothing else.

And that involved

being lazy.

Anticipate

I'm excited

to see where all

of this

is

going.

Month of promise

April was the cruellest month, promising

Junes when it was so full of Novembers.

Loyalty

All a relationship really is,

is being there for one another.

Berlin

She doesn't just breathe art
she gasps for it,
she grasps for connection
for self understanding, for self forgiveness.

She adorns her wounds with paint,
a living gallery,
an exhibitionist, she doesn't hide her shame
she embraces it as part of her body.

She, the crossroads of the twentieth century,
Where east met west, left met right,
individual met the state, poverty met wealth,
life met destruction; meeting reconstruction.

She is juxtaposition,
contradiction, superposition.
She is a lesson,
a warning, a hope and a calling.

No matter your past, no matter your imperfections,
you too can be a beacon of hope and reconciliation.

I've stopped pretending

I no longer love her, true

but maybe I do

oh how I loved her! sometimes

I loved her,
well.

At least I have one conclusion.

I've stopped pretending

that I didn't break

her heart.