Beach visits energize

Realign

Soothe

But also a sadness

The memory

When we were young

And went every day

With no toys...

Fire stamped out

But deep in me

An ember burning

I can’t see

Now it’s growing

Warming me

Ready to light

A power in me...

We all pile into the uber, and it’s a small car, so I sit in the front. The driver smiles and says hi, but his gps instructions are all in Spanish. He doesn’t say another word. We’re all talking, trying to agree on dinner plans. The driver’s phone rings and I see on his nav screen the caller is “mi amorcita”. He gets a little smile but he doesn’t answer it. Then he drops us off at the hotel ...

Oh what a surprise,

To see you after so long!

How are you what’s new

Slip back in like a old shoe

I’m real me when I’m with you...

He drooled when he played piano. He would get so wrapped up in playing that his mouth would hang open. He knew this happened and made no effort to stop it. He was self-consciously proud of it, thinking it was a kind of utter sublimation into the music, a sign of musical genius.

He wasn’t a genius, and he wasn’t very good. At age fourteen, he be in this state while practicing Faber’s piano b...

Last night arguing

Maybe you are not all wrong

Waking up this morning...

Thirteen now

For just two days

On a trip

Where Mommy pays

Looking cool

The latest craze

Shop for clothes

See matinees

Soup dumplings

And hip cafes

iPhone time

In hotel stays

Heading home

Lavished in praise...

Get out the way

Ima do it myself

I work for my pay

I save for my wealth

I hang with my squad

I answer only to God...

Once upon a time

I wished to find you

Once upon a time

I could describe you

You’re the darling meant for me

And I’m the darling meant for you

When you know just who you are

You can find your counterpart

You’re the darling meant for me

And I’m the darling meant for you...

Tell me a boring story

About one stupid event

The whole emotional roller coaster

And what everything meant

Belonging in its glory...