A truth in every moment leaves its burning trace
As my desire for you; now Time I must accept
Is true. I feel it in the agony that steps
Abreast with loneliness at every single pace.
My hands need yours to fill their palms, my fingers need
Their counterparts to intertwine; I need my legs
Around your waist; I need your lips when silence begs
For anything to fill the space that silence breeds.
You soon forgot the quicksand of my alcohol
Addiction, how you used to stand by me my friend,
Despite the pain you still allowed me to depend
On you, and with your care you raised me from my fall.
When I was starving you encouraged me to eat
And nourished me on death's door; your enduring love
Was there each day we shared a breath of praise above
Our suffering, for once enjoying just to be.
Your love of me discounts your grace, for now that we've
Reversed our roles, you can't remember how you saved
My life. You're scared, because obsessions make you rave
You shy away from me; I live for your reprieve.
Undoing can't be done, you cannot unbecome
The man I love, so never think you don't deserve
The love I long to give one dear to me; reserve
No doubt that all your struggles will be overcome.
Again we'll find our peace together, we can lay
Across each other's lap in turns and listen to
Industrial and walk along an avenue
And read bit on quiet days; I’ll pause and say:
So tell me all about that one, please let me hear...
And for a second we can live within the arts,
so soon the conversation fructifies our hearts,
Becomes the culminating triumph over fear.
A place for my poems 