Against The Tide

Cleansing sea wash over meSkin scrubbed away by wind whipped sandAm I new again?Reborn and reset?Will the memories of you pour out of my mindlike salt sea from my ears?Will my heart restart from the poundingwaves against my chest?No longer a dead man floating at the mercy of life'swaters but alive and swimming against the …

Rebirth

I shed my skin wafer thin as you watched from the sand I watched myself feed the fishes under your watchful gaze I let myself become the water I let myself become the grit between my toes And with the returning tide I became a new man With a new life Under a new moon …

The Water’s Edge

sometimes we hide behind fake truths, am I faking my truth? Right now as a single gay man I am loving life, I can have casual sex and just leave the next day without any attachment, extra baggage or even a name, I have no one to answer to, the whole bed to myself, no …

The Words – bathe

I bathe my bones in a bath of salt White foam bubbles through my teeth I wonder out to the place we met Sand and shells beneath my feet Seagulls cry above my head Sharks do circle around my waist I stand still in our meeting place Hollow eyes search for your face