POEMS
AFTER RUMI
I try to sleep
On an empty feeling
Face down
I stare at the ceiling
A pregnant pause
Stardust and television snow
I can’t get enough of your face
The dumb grins
And senseless sentences
Confused thick lips
Steamy silhouettes
Against the shower curtains
All the particulars
Behind a white door
In the battle to see
Who cared less
I lost
DELIRIUM
The goal has always been
To stop time
A kiss which never happens
Sloppy incantations
Missed in translation
Nervous sentiments and sweat
Empty bags and beer bottles
To debase the senses
With the appropriate substances
Going for broke
The pilgrimage
The transcendence
You just got to get high
Get off get wrecked
And take off your own pants
In the interest of speed
Look into a mirror
To see the face of God
Fall on the floor in vain
The flower that once bloomed
Now hangs upside down
Shriveled like a Jew
Nailed to a crucifix
But still you move
Closer to the light
A photosynthesis
Of sorts
So when you crash
You don’t burn
You glow