Month: October 2012

10/3/12 1:33pm –  10/3/12 4:49pm

the varying length of a minute

when i’m lost somewhere between thoughts
it ceases to exist
when reciting names of it’s sixty children
it is exactly what it is

when i watched my grandmother’s soul
escape through her mouth it felt eternal
when i found out how much my mother stole
i stopped counting all together

when my father has a stroke
i will cling to it’s sixty children
& beg each one to stop the running
that they’ve become so skilled in

when my younger brother outlives me
& i’m lost somewhere between thoughts
that’s when these words alone can give the
easy way to wind down it’s clock

10/3/12 12:50pm

at the mercy of memory

if it were not for my notepad I would
discourage thought in fear of forgetting.
I am aware that this should not be
carved into a crutch.

to deny myself a single drop of
introspection for any reason is no
reason at all.
if it comes to me at a time where I’m
at the mercy of memory so be it.

if it truly means anything it will resonate.

10/1/12 12:04am – 8/1/13 11:54pm

if there is a thirty-first

if there is a thirty-first
then the month is still not through
but if i’ve got it reversed
then i don’t know what i’ll do

there’s a saying that teaches you
about april, june, and november
the second part i wish i knew
if thirty days i can’t remember

& something about past september
that my head could never get through
if only this month was december
i’d know whether the rent was due

i lost the paddle, but kept the canoe
by holding onto the sayings verse
what is the point without its point to
tell me if there is a thirty-first?