torn corners

>torn corners

I feel the edges 

tearing from 

the letters you sent.

harsh borders- 

failing, falling
a silent rush to the floor.

love lost

ragged edges

shreds and scraps
never fully swept away.

-dp-
5-14-14

2025- Tacklebarn Press

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I feel the edges 
torn from the

letters you sent.

harsh borders- 

falling, gliding
a silent rush 
towards the floor.

love lost

ragged edges
bent, sharp
pieces
never fully 
swept away.

                     

I feel the edges 

tearing letters 
you sent
torn borders- 
falling, gliding
soft hush 
to the floor
love lost
ragged edges
bent, sharp
pieces
never fully 

swept away.            

tie the knot

shall I rise when I wake
slip from covers 
to slippers
do more than pee?

gather my robe
tie the knot
leave Barb 
to slap the snooze?

I've wasted half my life's 
weekends sleeping late, 
choosing to dream 
over my dreams.

-dp- 
11-26-11

still

am I still the man 
you thought I was
just slightly
more passe

do I make you laugh
though not as much
and keep you
less engaged

are you holding on
though not as tight
to a man
who used to be

do I span the time
from loss to life
as someone
in between

-dp-
4-7-14

Lost in Transit

Assorted
pending promises

broken

or reclaimed.

Neat strings untie,

no slack to bind,

no knot can hold

this breaking heart.

Once on its way,

not here to stay-

trace this package-

lost in transit.

-dp-   
1-5-12

lost girl

to lose you not to folly
catastrophe, or death
this suddenness without you,
our missing kiss good night

no love has come between us
there's no earthly reason why
that days and nights without you
leave no gleam of ready smile

I miss clever conversation
your sly and random thoughts
to lose your wit and laughter
to your own brilliance and success...

-dp-
10-17-14

hesitation

I would cast myself
before danger,
even die,
for wife or child.

might do the same,
without thinking,
for an undetermined few,
 
but hesitate,
just enough,
for a friend or colleague,
to get us both killed.

-dp- 
12-15-11

4-15-17 - Published in Altadena Poetry Review 

>> opinions revised

I am not the one

with whom to tether

still hopes and dreams

denied

Let's stumble back to times much younger when you peered at me divine

Now age has grown you graceless, but clever with opinions you've revised May you place me back once loving daughter set our differences aside Be less engaged with restless power turn to what your heart provides -dp- 12-11-13- Read 8-10-14 Rattle