A good poemcaptures the essenceof something, or of everything, in the fewest words possible. Truth does not needto sing, campaign, or serenade;it might take a lifetime to figure out,but only a sentence to translate. Craig …
Category: Poems
Everything. Don’t Carry the One.
The lover I still seekis better than me. Infinitely small and large,She has been where I am before,Where they gave her trophies she wouldn’t accept.But you can see them in her eyes. The answer to everything …
Mistress
I want you to be my mistress for a lifetime. I don’t want to carry the weight of the world with you,or perpetually and publicly rearrange life’s building blockswith a goal in mind.That would be a waste …
Identity
When you’re young,you look for something to worship,you find a uniform,adopt an identity,become a noun. Then you rebel;you resent not having your own identity,you are suicidally disgusted with yourselffor exuberantly accepting a generic …
The Truth About Miracles
You’re often in love with strangers,And still too young to recognizeThat none of your fantasiesHave ever become real. The strongest emotions you feelAre for those with whom you’ve interacted the least,The places you’ve never gone, …
Lightning Bugs
You can tell a true lover by the gifts they give. When you only get them on occasions, dutifully,when millions of people probably got the same thing, Love is coerced. The true lover finds you giftsrandomly, accidentally;the …
More
Only the obedient know what they want. They’ve seen enough of the worldTo know the size of their appetites,And the flavors they most enjoy. They dedicate themselves to these limitationsAs though they have more honor than those…
The Bottom
The Bottom I’ve been to the bottom and back. Sometimes I leave because they kick me out,other times I get enough sense to leave on my own,but mostly I can’t remember why or how I left. Usually I …
