Culpable

I said I'd be culpable
For ruining your evening
Bemoaning my multiple
Bites, instead I'd be leaving.

Rather than to aggravate
You, I went to get relief 
From a cream to acclimate.
Then my mistake was belief.

I thought I could reappear
And share the backyard again.
I was acting cavalier,
Yet the moment would descend.

I truly am gullible;
They bit me and you, enraged,
Stormed off as I, the un-sage,
I said I'd be culpable.

Anonymous Love

Tell me you hate me,
I'll still be loyal to you.
Claim everyone's gone,
I will wait until it's night,
Hoping at last you'll relent.

In June

In June he plants
His pennant upon
My abdomen.

At night I find
Connections come at
The right time.

But warmth can soon
Fade into coldness.
Surprise doubt

With repetition,
The right time
Is one replayed

In devotion
Time and again
Until it is known.

Fragments 2

Wasn't great today
But what is there to do,
Lay down ready to die?
Leave it like days do too.

***

Playing up the sham,
You know it's such a shame;
They'll make your name shimmer,
But only when shown tame.

***

Living through changes 
But we remain unchanged
In love, for the danger 
Lies in growing estranged.