Contact

Contact.
To connect with another person.
The greatest human desire.
We each want it.
We each fail.

But, then,
The magical moment
When two separate people
Each deeply know something of the other
And find a unity alongside their separateness.
The greatest human desire,
To connect with another person.
Contact.

Emotions (untitled)

Emotions.
I swim through a sea of emotions.
Tossed and turned.
No moorings.

Calm.
In me.
I float on the gentle waves.

I have no words (untitled)

I have no words.

highs
lows
ups
downs

a forest of feelings

Where to begin to describe?

I have no words

I miss you (untitled)

I miss you.

What was is gone.
I've lost what we were,
What you were to me.
My star,
My guide,
My example,
My help.

I leaned on you.
Now, I stand on my own.
A good and wonderful thing.
I have strength within.

But I miss relying on you.

I delight in what is,
But I miss what was.

I needed someone (untitled)

I needed someone;
He was there.
I leaned;
He was there.
A friend?
He says.
What I know is,
He was there.
I needed someone,
And he was there.

I don't need you (untitled)

I don't need you.

I need to see beauty,
Like the beauty I've seen in you.
I need to feel alive,
Like I do when I think of you.
I need so much that I've found in you.
But it's not you that I need.

I don't need you.

A love so deep (untitled)

A love so deep
So strong
So pure.

Freely given.

Endless.
Timeless.

My love for you.

Joy explodes inside me (untitled)

Joy explodes inside me.

Inside
No room
For all the joy.

Joy wells up,
Bubbles over,
Flows out to the universe
And back again.

Feelings strong (untitled)

Feelings strong
Now muted.
A roaring stream
Now a quiet river.

My inspiration is gone (untitled)

My inspiration is gone.
In love?
No more.
That love,
Risen out of
A sea of illusion,
Is gone.
He no longer fills my thoughts.
No anguish.
No highs.
A peaceful contentment
Is now mine.
No writing a poem
To wring out emotions.
When emotions settle, inspiration flees.