In the Navy Now

Something in the blue is calling me.

Hard hatted men coincide.

Reason within reason has observed me

and no hesitation can be heard in its reply.

I’m jumping in full willing with my boots on,

to change my destiny I conform.

Mimicking my neighbor left and right of me,

in high-head holding shoulder-backing form.

Swallowing my tongue with my virtue,

as gun waving armatures progress

to quick witted eagle eyed comrades

with gold and silver pins upon our chest.

So someday when I stand tall beside you,

you will feel the strength within my heart.

Instead of waiting for my life to find me,

I picked up my head and took charge.

Words

If I tell you that I love you

Will you believe the words,

Or call me for a fool

And say I’m just a silly girl?

Will your walls begin to crack

Or will you build them up tall,

Call in your reinforcements

Or let your heart begin to fall?

As I predict the outcome

With the words on my breath

I feel the blood gather

On the left side of my chest.

The seconds slow their ticking

As the pitter patter hastes.

My knees begin to weaken

While my heart makes her case.

Instantly your eyes

Dilate at the sight

As the words from my lips

Pierce the silence of this night.

Call me a liar

If you don’t believe my truths

For its been hours, days, years

Since I started loving you.

Our Wedding Day

My friend, my love,

The autumn leaves have fallen

And thus too have I                              

In love with you again.

Forget those who forget us,

Forgive those who forbid us,

For today the sun rises for us two.

From now until forever

Winter, spring and summer,

My heart will still remain yours

And as the sun is setting,

October air is chilling,

Your love will warm me to the core.

So take these hands and I thee wed.

May all who gather here

Bless this love declared today

And celebrate with cheer.

Long Drive

One last drag to fix my bones,

up through the nostrils of impatience to settle the brain’s panic.

Sedated anxieties put to pause in moonlit roads

while pavement pushes the urge to drive

faster and faster.

Past each posted exit sign—North

to the comforts of familiarity,

to the comfort of your arms.

Alarmed at the sight of my face,

since so long ago farewells were placed

and we were subjected to the years withdrawn

from our romantic enthralls.

This never-ending playlist rings through the speakers

preaching me to stop then singing me to speed.

The bass moves within the pit of my body,

mimicking the bumps in the road

as it collapses at the bridge

and booms with each chorus,

reviving my lazy eyes

to grasp the reflecting white lines ahead,

whom sit parallel against the flowered median

and its "Drive Safely" remembrances.

Another inhalation shakes me back to the present.

Your face escapes me as the memory fades.

I feel alone, abandon, better off.

I was the right distance away

to keep your mediocre attachment,

but as these spinning tires carry me closer

I become farther from your forethought.

There is no easy way

around the confrontation that awaits.

With each passing mile

reality turns its head in our direction

and karma will seek.