Dear Alex,
What you give and have given is good enough.
You don’t have to further impress me – although I love the thrill of it.
(Aerosol – Dex)
(Love Remains The Same – Gavin Rossdale)
(Fear Of Abandonment – Bjorn Riis)
Ambiguity
“Not a fan of it.”
Swept Away
If there’s “too much water under the bridge,”
Over time, the bridge may get swept away.
And This Is Why
“Intangibles are now intolerable!”
He Had Loved Her Once
And because she’d always witnessed men in love walking away, she had thought that to turn generational tides, the solution would be if she endured and stayed, no matter what.
He had to remember and wake up again, someday.
And if she left, he’d forget – and their love would forever be lost.
But you can’t change a man’s mind once it’s locked.
She should have somehow realized this, from the start.
(I Love You – Sarah McLachlan)
So Close To Paradise
She was pregnant with their 2nd, having lost the first way before term.
They were living in Santa Barbara briefly, in the bottom half of a large house high up on the crest edge overlooking.
One night, they even saw a rocket launching from Vandenburg, pluming its bright light into the glories of Heaven.
She listened to Sarah McLachlan’s album “Surfacing,” praying for the day that he would, holding tight to him, although he didn’t seem to want her company.
She never got the chance to have a real conversation with him, and feared his rejection and shutting down everything if she tried.
So she just sang in the kitchen opening her heart to the universe in welcoming and trying to fashion a way through, making sure that she’d have herself together by birthing time.
Light In The Dark (Movie Legend Spoiler)
Thin Air
He wanted to take her somewhere special, but she was wound up too tight.
He wanted her to follow his lead, but he was nowhere in sight.
Asking her to believe without proof’s insight kept being occluded by past experienced blights.
And her frustration flared because she was tired of playing the fool without any tangibilities.
Tearing Fiber
She wanted him, and it was driving her crazy.
“What am I doing with my life!” It had been all too hazy.
Not for lack of trying or designing – but for efforts required to just keep surviving.
Holding ground was noteworthy and necessary, but not soul fulfilling.
(Sailing The Solar Flares – Dirtwire)
(Scars – Bush)
“Pink Dragons”
(Emergence – Sleep Token, Debut of Song at Rock Im Park in Nürnberg, June 7, 2025)
She Didn’t Know Why
But having family around her felt validating.
(Adrift In Hilbert Space – Ott)
(Learning To Stay – Michael DuBois)
Sure-Sure
The Sure Win
I’m the type to be all-in
When stakes are high
And they say it
Can’t be done
I just need a
Place to begin
And worthy prize
Worth championing
Wisdom Bits From Hell’s Travels
When senses return to you
Carefully roll over to a better vantage
Pick out gravel from stinging wounds
Rinse them clean if can find water
Scrabble if you can to next levels
Even if only inch by inch
Dragging your broken carcass
Laughing maniacally
After the fall
Baring your teeth aggressively
At scavengers and predators
Letting them know
They’ll go down with you
Until you can make it to higher ground
Where the grass is green
And flowers are blooming
As birds and butterflys and other creatures
Evidence proof of The Garden
And you can begin to reclaim
Your humanity
Again
—
(Stark contrast to booklet, “Chicken Soup For The Soul”)
And Maybe One Day,
She wouldn’t have to do everything on her own, anymore…
And Then One Day,
“She could walk just fine, again…”
(Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx)
Feline Obsequities
“To a cat, money nary crosses the mind.”
Huge Charlie Horses
I am trying so hard, here…!”
(Oh MG lower hamstring seizing painfully as if it’s going to tear itself off of my leg – WT?!)
Dear Alex,
“What do you think it is that I want?”
“Back To Back”
“Sleep Over”
“Draconic Eye”
Knock It Off
The fact that it is
Accepted fact that
We must be careful
Of human predators
Is a fact that needs to
No longer be of impact
Elegance
Motor scooter skate board with handles
Coasting by at speed, right thigh exposed
A young woman in evening summer dress
Golden-yellow fabric undulating behind her
Reflections
I respond according to
What I’m presented with
(Happen To Me – Russell Dickerson)
Insult To Injury
“I mean, at least it’s more on the right side…”
(Toe shredding = new ways of discoordinated limping.”
(American Boy – Estelle)
Blood Price
“It seems that when attempting to overcome great barriers and move onto better realms, the Gods of Chaos extract a blood price.
What is this twisted alchemy, and how can we better appease it?”
(Family losses and my big toe just got shredded)
Maturity
It isn’t confidence but
Learned experience
That allows wisdom
To hone more true
(Fix What You Didn’t Break – Nate Smith)
Playful Endeavors
He was feeling disconnected and unsure about everything, wondering if he had made the right decisions.
Passing by in focus to keep managing things, she diverted, caught his eyes, and lightly paw-slapped his face.
“Naughty Wolf,” she teased him.
And with a flick of her tail in his direction, set off again.
My Love,
“My heart beats for you.”
Two As One
As two become as one
Love’s blessings begin
That’s not to say
Life will be easy
In fact, sometimes
It gets even harder
To the point where the pair
Might doubt bond’s sanctity
I don’t know what to advise
Except stay on the same side
And you will come through any
Challenges with love beside you
Hummingbird Delight
“Orbis Sanctus”
(You’re On My Mind – Tom Misch)
Lacking “Norms”
There is no consistency that
I can rely on in these injuries
Zones are identified in variations
That intermittently work or worsen
Which keep putting me back into
States of great anxietal insecurity
Because I never know what I can
Count on in performance abilities
Add onto this that in trying to heal
New injuries occur in shift-adjusting
And their effect upon limbic systrm
Is like treading minefield explosions
Periods of “maybe I’m safe” occur
Then on into new crisis responses
