The statue of liberty

From the southern tip of the city, all I can see
is the back of her head.

reunions

The one thing I forgot at home on this trip

was my toothbrush and toothpaste.

We joke and laugh while playing corn hole, but are scared of losing 

and being laughed at.

Lightning flashes like bulbs behind the clouds across the bay.

I hear the birds for the first time in a year while running in the woods.

And I remember I haven’t written you a poem in a long time, and 

am grateful to call you a friend.

i made a series of poor decisions

and it felt like my heart 

was gaining weight

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today i heard that in order to love, sometimes 

you need to be 

a stranger. 

My Body

An abuse

A sack of gold-lillied water 

A saltless fantasy

My body a bird between 

Wind currents 

This world a handful of twigs

My body a heart

Foaming like lattes or rabies or

Excitement 

My body standing in the center of the room

Oblivious like art

This last line will not punch you,

And I have not been gentle with myself

This is the feeling

Fall rasps me longways with its tongue
And I hope when I die
I die like the summer does

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There are moments when I am a fool
For us. When I think of sitting and drinking 
Coffee together and talking about how we've 
Grown, and how we 
Haven't. 

A Night at Dripping Rock

I am here to feel the leaves change color. Here to watch 

trees shake their heads like horses in the wind.

To see what quiet does to a young man. 

To ask if I can kiss a young autumn. 

See how that feels. 

A sparrow brushes my shoulder up on the high rocks.

The black sky is star-stained. Exquisite. Deep. 

I’ve been working on making it start.

The thick silence ruptures. Tree frogs and crickets climb out,

the night’s throat suddenly open, shrill til dawn. 

Working on making it start, again. 

This field of the mind is still the same. Yet I have begun 

to walk different paths through it.

Everything

is a beautiful
thing

if you went to a concert would you go to the front row?

I think you're really pretty,
But I focus on the raggae band instead