Thursday, March 27, 2014

Truth

who is god and what is his name?
does he live in your heart,
does he help you get past the difficult days?

my god is love
uncontrollable, fierce,
never forgives, never forgets, never fulfills.

and when I lie and cheat and malign
and hurt and betray and kill,
he stands by me, my god
and promises forgiveness
that never comes.

we love each other, me and my god
and so we shall go on.
me seeking revenge among regretful beings,
and him hawking repentance
to a penniless, old, invisible soul.

some day, me and my god shall leave this world,
there will be peace at last,
without love and without need for forgiveness. 

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

small and big, night and day

dark eyes glowing bright in the night's haze,
scared and defiant
of the rules of the world.
dark eyes that look straight into yours
and promise never to love again.

the truth is, my love,
you can escape the man in the mirror;
but can you really run
from the man you cannot be?

and in the morning
when the sun is where it should be
and the moon has been banished
to the forest of the stars,
you shall wake up a new man
and forget
the promises made in the dark of the night
which vanish like wisps of smoke at dawn.

and i shall wake up
and laugh.

after all,
has anyone ever heard of the moon
making promises
to the sun?

Monday, March 17, 2014

counting the days

"somewhere 
between right and wrong,
there is a garden.
i will meet you there."

between the right way to look at you
and the wrong things to say,

between the right way to introduce you
and the wrong way to remember you,

between the right time to laugh
and the wrong reason to cry,

between the right kind of kiss
and the wrong kind of touch, 

i will never choose. 

between me and us,
i will never know 
what you choose.