Tagged: beat

we will always stop

we will always stop
what we’re doing for the drum
solo – for rhyme or

rhythm, we lean in closer,
beating our own melodic tale
.
20210802:2207
y

the mortal root of

the mortal root of
the verb, to seek, is to never
find – simplicity

snaps its fingers to the beat
of our foolishness, amused
.
20210608:2311
y

over seventy-

over seventy-
six million heartbeats later,
an unlikely bond
.
20160903:1545
y

the heart arrives

the heart arrives
packaged
with a strict count –
we cannot add
nor subtract
a single beat
.
20150326:0853
y

there are mornings

there are mornings
that beat
other
mornings –
insert coin
.
20141225:1024
y

you held me

you held me
for as long
as i needed to be
held, and then
even longer, love
has a way
of perfecting
the beat
.
20121215:0050
y

heavy man on the

heavy man on the
L, dangling –
by a thread of
sleep deprivation –
from the vertical
handrails, nodding
off outside
the beat of my
evening commute
selection, maybe
waiting
for the transitional
bridge to catch him
.
20110308:2148
y