One Meiosis, Two 

Trust?
Trust.
Trust?
Trust!

Love?
Love.
Love?
Love!

Assimilation

The British came to teach 
the wild American how to dance.
Instead of teaching us the Minuet
we taught them the ‘Funky Chicken.’

Ecclesiastical Time

If so it is to dust we shall return
then what is change to vanity but vain?
To see a time of change is moot at best.

Alone

Alone,
none savor
pleasures
of our caring:
Together,
one flavor
nurtures
all our sharing.

By Design

A delicate flower
wilting 
stretches the limits of its stems
reaching
for your light to bring both food and death
forfeits 
the cool peace inside provided shade
needing
photosynthesis to live
trusting 
your design of nature’s cycle to cease
wilting
a delicate flower. 

Frigid

Frigidity is not in and of itself cold.
Contrary to vernacular use
it is hot with the anger of abuse.

Yellow Boxes

At dusk you share the depth of richer hues.
Your dawn gives us freedom’s fresh pastels.
Then you slap us with a mid-day scour
from your same fixed star that blinds 
our sighted ones who must now admit
their little store bought ‘yellow boxes’
never had crayons like yours.

Deny

Deny yourself the pleasure of our smiles.
Deny yourself  the treasure of our love.
Measure not your own distrust of self 
by measuring mine.

Trace

That solitary teardrop
surfaced to the light
then brought to your face as a 
mere trace of your emotions
was all I needed to know:
You are Man.

Too  Much?

Molten Rock had too much heat
followed by too much cold;
flamed the same way as our affair.
Can we reverse the process
or was it just lust?      

Two Apples

Two apples, 
sauce to stately core, 
are common pro- and con. in choice.
No scholar knows 
If choice summons question,
Question mandates choice;
All know the end of the matter.