Gift Receipt

while i fought hard to
wipe your remembrance from my mind,
and cease breathing your scent.

you,
so easily,
dismissed,
denied,
rejected
all thought of me.

you,
filled with guilt-free, used the gift receipt
from our intimacy as a
down payment on
a new lover.

Trojan Horse

i've watched you from afar
as
your footprints left in the icy snow
melted
into puddles of spring rains
and flower as dusty prints
that led into the heated summer nights
and
i've watched you from afar.

my window
a secret opening
camouflaging my desire
to scream out your name
as you pass
outside of
me.

my only recourse
to open-wide my eyes
and soak in the
movements of you.