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I looked and looked
And yet my heart yearned more
Looking for pleasure greater than before
So many faces, so little time
How my heart races, to make each one mine.
Each day my eye feasts anew
As I drink deep the lustful wine.
Wherstwile inside soul and sinew
Do wither with passing time.
Burned by guilt, consumed by shame
Before Him I must present my name
And a heart that loved another
Causeth the very Earth to shudder
And I name myself His lover?

Faltering Steps

I wandered hither and yonder, faltered whither astrayTill Mercy let me no longer wanderAnd settled my tired feet upon this pure way
October 2, 2024

Long Waits

Leisurely ticks the second hand.Making customary circuits andLazy rounds, within the perimeter of eternity.While bounds, of anticipation set me freeOf time, allowing each moment to be a Meeting mineEach longing sigh, a secret poem thine.
October 2, 2024

Coming Home

If love were a city  I would crawl through every alley On hand and knee Feeling every crevice Caressing each contour Of it’s aged pavement Relishing each touch Wondering at each turn Lost on streets, with names long forgotten Meandering…
October 2, 2024