"The desert bears only a scathing sun, and nothing more."
"What about mirages?"

Thursday, March 17, 2016

A Welcome Distraction.

I catch you
Slipping through
My mind--
Every day
I get distracted
From my thoughts
They feel contracted
Like water receding
From cool blue tide pools.
You are a moon
And your gravitational pull
Has me
So grounded in you
That my head
Sways and crashes
Like waves
On an ocean.

2 comments:

  1. solid - I really dig this one JB. Feeling the peace.

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  2. Why does love leave us this way? Great metaphors JB.

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