The Ginger *Snap*s

The real betrayal is forgetting yourself

Polonius counseled Hamlet, “To thine own self be true.“ How many times have we heard that in our lives? “Oh, just be yourself,” “You do you,” etc… How many times have we betrayed ourselves out of fear, or loss, or rejection? Yet we do it every day, and it is done to us every day….

Content

Melt with me between the sheets of our love, our thoughts, our flesh, Touch me between states of consciousness, of arousal before awareness, Reject the daylight in sleepy caresses and drift In a state of not knowing where you stop and I begin

Sunday

Today, lying in the bed I ached to share with you, I wish your legs were intertwined with mine; your feet on top of my feet, your knees bent towards me, feeling the warmth of your skin spooned against mine. I lay on the side of the bed that you would have slept on and…

Save love

I knew it the first of the season I knew it the same at the end, That you and your love were plighted, That you couldnt just be my friend. Couldn’t we sit in the twilight, Couldn’t we walk on the shore With only a pleasant friendship To bind us, and nothing more. There was…

Crimson threads

How crewel of the fates To weave us from the same thread On distant corners of Earth’s tapestry Fraying a bit each day Until one of us becomes undone

I too have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night

Walking at night has always been the pursuit of the lost, the lonely, the deviant, the rebellious, the curious, the feeling, the human. The best nights are usually unplanned, random and spontaneous. I used to walk and drive at night a lot. Even when I was still in my parents’ home. We had woods on…

Rumi knew what the fuck he was talking about

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi If you have reached this level of actualization, what’s you’re secret!?! Seriously, I want to know! Honestly, I’ll always be working on enlightenment. And if you care about what I am tackling currently,…

Frame of Reference

The moments flash And almost forgotten. I, must practice distraction Deluding my memory of touch That goes bereft. Either come come closer Or stay away, Having you inbetween Exhausts me. Your eyes, so not to see me, Lay upon that which is easy. I know you embrace distance, How it smooths your messy soul. You…

Filter

Watching you devour the view Tests my will And keeps me from blocking your light Shadowy glimpses Into your world, enchant me

You are

There you are Move closer Feel my breath L i n g e r On your lips Taste the warmth Of my spirit On your tongue Drink the sigh That escapes me When my pulse Quickens to your Racing heart