Our Simple Reasons

Because I
dreamed of you,
I know you have been
needing me.

Because I
wept for you,
I know you have been
bleeding me.

Because I
walked to you,
I know you have been
leading me.

Because I
wrote for you,
I know you have been
reading me.

Between Us

His eyes claw
at her golden arm -
my evening's the coquette
he's fallen for.

Half kept from me
this new secret -
I lose him to
the wanton hour.

Silence trickling down
his breath -
I hear him talk
to her.

Shackled in his embrace,
I wait...
I wait for the gilded eyes
of the night
to scrape the black on him.

Shackled,
I wait for him.

Defeating the Beat

The beat-
it nibbles at your feet;
you're turning into dust.

Look, if you must-
you're a whirlpool
when you dance.

You tempt it so;
yes, music knows of lust.
It drinks you neat.

Twice did you swirl,
once did it halt-
Time's unjust.

Dance, defeat the beat!
Let music teach you-
what it knows of lust.