A 21st Century Attempt

Poems for Insomnia #2

A 21st Century Sonnet

I wish I lived with Shakespeare, with Sidney or with Wyatt,

So I could sit and spill my thoughts to sonnet after sonnet.

Kiss Me

Poems for Insomnia #5

Kiss me before I forget that I am strong

New York

Poems for Insomnia #3

You looked at me intently as I stuffed my suitcase full

My God

Poems for Insomina #4

They say that the moment you stop looking for love is when it finds you.

They say that if you hunt, you will always come up empty handed.

Graduation

Poems for Insomnia #6

Three years ago we started,

This marathon crusade.

You promised to only teach me

About my passions along the way.

New Light

Poems for Insomnia

And then a new face caught the light
It wasn’t superior to what yours had been
But it was as if you had faded to shade
Hardly vanished but merely there
And I can see oh how I can see

2am

Poems for Insomnia

Sometimes I daydream about being held

Patience

I won’t stop,
Nor will I wait, I shall continue on.

But one day I will come back,
Just to check.

If you’re ready for me to love you yet.