You said your greatest fear
is being forgotten –
Then you let me go
like your bicycle that was stolen last May
and you never reported it, because,
you said, “They never find them anyway.” Continue reading → 
I’m real as a redwood tree,
powerful and still.
Men orbit and disappear
while I wait, rich with life… Continue reading → 
I’ll take your hidden childhood
and the lines around your eyes
like little light rays
and I’ll be the one who stays. Continue reading → 
I have turned my words
into almond blossoms
and scattered them on your bed. Continue reading → 
You are a mountain in my mind.
I lie on your slopes
and breathe deeply as your birds sing. Continue reading → 
Yes, I’m ready,
but only if you love me.
I meant everything I said.
I saw you volunteering
at the Food Not Bombs stand
and beckoning with your hand.
I wasn’t avoiding you. Continue reading → 
Big Bang. Temperature
beyond measure.
Splitting apart, coming together.
Between inception and conception
a world is born. Continue reading → 
Come now
Arab queen
African dream
Baghdad mystery
future history. Continue reading → 
I could not build you a castle of pearl.
I don’t shine like Gabriel. We’re all
of the earth. There’s nothing indestructible
inside us but love. Continue reading → 
Let me still the trembling of your hands
with my own. This is your motherland.
You are home. Continue reading →