Destiny

I am most thankful

you pushed me away,

enabling me to break

like a falling tree

destined to be

the wooden harbor

where other can dock

their troubles. 

Crossword Puzzle

You have always been

the crossword puzzle

I cannot complete. 

My words never fit

into your boxes. 

I have never succeeded

at your trivia. You have

always been the challenge

and every answer. 

Can I write something 

that doesn't makes sense

but makes this finished?

Time

I have measured time by songs. 

It has been an entire album

collection since I last saw you. 

Music is no longer good. 

It has turned into the ticking

of a clock. It has become

the alarm of your departure. 

Getting Serious

Let us never get serious

about us. Can we not

laugh our way through 

whatever this currently 

is, onto whatever will be?

I always thought I needed

a hand to hold with understanding. 

But how many times has humor 

been the shoulder to lean upon?

You know me enough

to make the corners of my mouth

twitch. You will never

need to learn again. 

Dysfunction

I would be cheating 

to look love in the eye

more than once. 

I have been married 

to dysfunction 

and divorce is too costly.