JUST RAMBLINGS
(perhaps another beginning)
I ache to learn some new games now
I've been away from town too long.
To see a new door open I'd go almost anywhere,
Even backwards,
if I thought I had the time.
I'm mad at midnight
for the things it didn't do,
that doesn't mean I wouldn't take a chance again.
***~~~***~~~***
Lie down and leave your imprint in the sand
My hand will trace it into everything I need.
That's how reality begins-
shadows made something real
or reality turned back into shadow.
I need the sureness of the shadow world again
To make me whole.
***~~~***~~~***
If I'm anything at all,
I'm what I've gotten out of sand...
Not only that washes in
from seas and islands,
but that piece of earth
(however small)
that I can hold
securely in my hand.
I need---
not more trees,
not more rain.
I need---
the comfort
of a friendly back or belly.
***~~~***~~~***
Now is the time for closeness...
Turn me over gently,
Hold me for the woman I am,
Let's smooth the wrinkles from each other's face,
And love - me - please-
Because I need...
***~~~***~~~***
I don't want to play
in someone's shadow down the street.
I'm detached---
That's as it should be,
For I need more than games.
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