flashback to another place
a different time
folded into myself
haze of drink
wiping away incredulous tears
what i signed up for
not heard
not touched
not held
not loved
alone
and another time
hot tears on a cold bathroom floor
finding comfort in the tile
millipede undulating on the ceiling
alone
after i read his story
fucking that little girl
little girl on an airplane
little girl
her name doodled in his notebooks
he never touched me
he would not touch me
alone
now, hot tears
recoiled, raging
suffering
discontent like a burning smack
how can this be fair
how can this be
how
alone
alone
alone
in a softer moment
in the light of day
in your arms, tightly
i know
it is not true
it is not true.
i am right here, with you
i am okay
i am not alone.
9.28.2010
alone
9.26.2010
i found magic
in a magical room
we lay on our backs
your hand on my leg
fingers tapping
keeping time with the fan
i turned to you
pressed my face to your neck
held my breath for a long moment
breathed out and uttered it
you rolled over and kissed me hard
magic fell from the ceiling
and gathered inside of me
9.24.2010
vocabulary guide
An interesting thing has begun happening here at the Runaway Sentence this week. Google is sending people over here who are seeking help with word usage. So now, I am getting a lot of traffic here from people who searched for "how to use [blank] in a sentence." In the last two days alone, people from around the world sought help with using the following words in a sentence:
And now that you are here, please stay a while. Browse around. Lots of interesting reading and word choices here. Much raucous exuberance. Misgivings, sometimes. All in service of writing and language. All good.
accommodatingWho knew there was such a great need for vocabulary help? People, I am here for you. If you are here seeking help with using your words, just let me know. I can be your guide.
ambivalent
asparagus
burlesque
demote
earning
escalate
exuberant
futile
misgiving
persist
raucous
reclusive
runaway
settle
uncanny
And now that you are here, please stay a while. Browse around. Lots of interesting reading and word choices here. Much raucous exuberance. Misgivings, sometimes. All in service of writing and language. All good.
9.23.2010
you are my heart
bright star
tomorrow's promise
pages turned
harvest moon
shining moment
lessons learned
almond eyes to swim or drown in
ripe morning breath to inhale as my own
my face in your hair
a hand to hold
i wrap my arms around you and hold tight
tighter
breathe you in
make a wish
to keep you close
you are my heart.
9.21.2010
anticipation
high on new connection
intoxicated by unfamiliarity
sharing anecdotes
finding parallels
an opportunity to re-create
presentation
pure anticipation
touching hands
choosing to share
choosing to be someone.
9.20.2010
grown up haiku
the kids are asleep
get me to our bed, and quick
let's fuck while we can
you have been so good
i want to do tricks for you
get the camera
from this vantage point
your skinny legs sticking out
wrap them around me
your hands on my ass
pushing, kneading, your big hands
will not fit inside
now we are finished
kiss me, kiss me, i am yours
for all eternity
9.18.2010
rock paper scissors
two strong women
full of bravado
exhilarating
seeing ourselves in the other
paper covers rock
we are not vulnerable
we are unassailable
adversity makes us strong
raucous, dynamic
requiring periodic charging
playful, jocular
increasingly dangerous
found a line and crossed it
scissors cut paper
rock smashes scissors
violence begets violence
words spoken in anger
from a place of hurt and pain
thankfully
overtaken by words of love
through the hurt
through the pain
speaking the truth
and the truth is
i see you
you see me
i love you.
9.17.2010
hardwick
staying on campus to study
holed up in a classroom
$2.99 pizza and a michelob forty
commerce
privacy
equal protection
distracted, predictably
by the redolence of your hair
and the allure of the cold, hard table
classroom after classroom
i learned to advocate
i never sought habeas corpus
i studied you.
9.16.2010
unstoppable love haiku
at last our embrace
crazy beautiful succeeds
red stubborn aching
window flung open
unleashing nascent desire
to bring me to you
in the mist, hair wet
across drowning eyes, kiss me
harder, yes right there
unstoppable love
unafraid, unrepentant
finally arrived
a note of sadness
A poem by my grandmother. Written in 1928, when she was 18 years old.
I love you, dear, as they alone can love
Who know that just around the corner of a smile
Lie tears; and just beyond the sunshine of a glance
Wait pain and bitter disappointment;
And in the sweetest passage of a song
There lurks a note of sadness.
9.13.2010
peas in a pod
four
peas in a pod
four
hearts carrying hearts
squirming wriggling
wrestling giggling
proclaiming victory
inventing history
under the covers
us against the world
ketchup earth
beautiful fire.
9.12.2010
the weight
you drove away
with your bureau and that cat
i do not like all cats.
some entrance
hitting town
station wagon heavy
the weight of your possessions
and your choices
why did you take all the rice?
9.11.2010
sleepy girl haiku
"mama, rub my back"
i lie with you, noticing
the curve of your hip
imagine you grown
a woman, loving someone
a hand down your spine
brushing back your hair
kissing your little girl cheek
guarding over you
strength, grace, self knowledge
i want for you, and i will
fiercely protect you
9.08.2010
memory of chaos
fancy lawyers
first amendment rights
and bad moral character
were nothing, compared to
a twisted bicycle
rain on hot pavement
sending you careening
into a group of children
that child. that mother.
that child.
i had run away
down south
away from you and your needs
silver bells and bare shoulders
country music and truck drivers
nesting on arrival
i sought the ocean
an expanse of pure, unobstructed shore
for healing
on the ferry, a little boy
not unlike you
demanded every attention
demanding
all eyes on the boy
all efforts for the boy
i hated that boy.
the sunset erased all memory of chaos
the adirondack chair cradled my back
the shooting stars absorbed my tears
the wine drowned the noise
for a night. for one night.
in the morning, my obligation
headed north
to care for you.
9.06.2010
drowning haiku
the day i met youavoiding looking in yourdark eyes, lest i drown
i did not know thenyour eyes would save me, life ringtossed before i sank
9.02.2010
avatar haiku
late to the party
just saw avatar, i know
i'm a year behind
dr. seuss should know
it's a homage, a paean
uncredited, natch
unless someone like
YOU cares a whole awful lot
heavy moral tale
long lanky bodies
and fantasy animals
funny things abound
beautiful trees
the lorax, butter battle
magical seed pods
oh, james cameron
i think you owe royalties
to the seuss estate
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