I have travelled the world

Searching for someone to take my mind off of you

I failed on my mission

And now I can’t help but crave your stew :)))...

Across several seas

And the oceans so vast

I dreamt of my journey

That I’ve surpassed

I saw seven wonders

I saw many the lands

I walked those with my feet

I felt those with my hands

My eyes didn’t deceive

Nor did my head

My map was the needle

My heart was the thread

I never had plans

Of where I would roam

But no matter the feeling

There’s no place like home...

I've traveled far and wide, to places others may try to hide.

I've seen the night skies in quiet fields, and the world's highest peaks, their majesty revealed.

Yet nothing compares to you, my dear, my feelings for you are crystal clear.

I may as well compare them to the boundless space so wide,

I love you in more ways than words can describe.

So I write in hopes of touching your heart,

For saying ...

I saw the wonders of the world,

and searched for memories within them.

Time passed, and meaning was never found.

Searching for my heart in ephemeral things created a void in me.

In spite of my loss, I found something else.

A home, a purpose found in you.

I was running from what I desired all along,

a place to belong....

Roses red as blood

Upon a thorn stalk

Poison berries of the forest deck their garden walks

Oh, don’t you wish

They were sweet as they seem?

They’d only seem that way when the demons scream...

I drove the rental car off the docks right into the ocean

Cigarettes from the previous driver rose and floated out the open window and to the surface

I sank with it for a few seconds

Savored the machine's last putter, last mechanical breaths

Salt water rushed in to pin us to the sand

For the many pairs of arms that have held me

Maybe for comfort, mine or theirs, for love, for sex, for kindness, ...

Beauty beyond belief

Almost stale

Every place I’ve been

But no one left to tell

Once it was a dream

A fantasy

But now all too real

And no more family

From east to west

North to south

I’ve run out of space

Just stories of my mouth

Soon I will be unable to move

Left to drag myself alone

My freedom was my enlightenment

And my undoing...

Redeem me and I’ll feed you

Care for me and I’ll sow you

Plant a tree and let it be

Ease your grip and set me free

I’m not yours to keep

Not yours to use, not yours to bruise

I’m yours to lose and soon you’ll slip

Into the deep darkness of my creeks

Love me and I’ll be your home

Be me or be left alone

Survive or die with no pumpkin pie

No leaves in spring, no big blue skies

Together we thrive,...

The floor is strangely still under my feet

I sway because it’s not swaying enough

After so many months on a boat

I can’t help but feel unstable on stable ground

The room is too small

Too quiet

Too crowded

Because the grand explorer I am is finally home

I am home but I never felt more stranded

I miss my boat and the feel of everything on it

The sea on my face, the wind in my ears

And for only mus...

I was once a youthful man

A rich explorer of wayward dreams

A wanderlust never cured…

Only tainted

I was once royalty to a land of subjects

My kingdom opened its arms to me

When I looked into the eyes of humanity, my steadfast body trembled

Poverty and suffering spilled like black ichor

Dawning realization was quick to follow

I thought there was meaning behind my travels

I was a pilgrim to a...