Sock Drawer

Sock drawer vomits threadbare twins
While cobweb curtains dance
In a dirty drafty window.
Flophouse rats dart about,
Chasing shallow indulgence
And swirling smoke.
The future is all things
That could be done tomorrow;
The sun is a videogame TV.

tsk/10/31/06

Time (2006)

Reluctant Time, cruelly you drag winged feet
While lovers ache in slow motion.

Impatient Time, you flee when bodies are joined,
Like the half-seen flash of a falling star on water.

Greedy Time, when I am with her,
You devour the night that I would savor slowly.

Elusive Time, shapeless yet tangible,
You are sand between my helpless fingers.

Precious Time, your treasures are mine;
I steal your moments to hold forever.

tsk /10/16/06/

Ascension

The leaves underfoot are distant, disconnected;
Blue sky fills me and surrounds me -
My heart has learned to fly once more.
The damned is redeemed! The convict released!
To live and to laugh, unchained;
The shackles of the past are broken.

The fire of life rekindles a light in my eyes.
Vision captures beauty; beauty ignites desire;
Desire (old friend) awakens dreams almost forgotten.
With purpose, the journey is resumed -
I mark my destination and a new journey unfolds.
Shedding my coat of sorrow, I am free to ascend.

tsk /16/10/06/