On the back of the nightThere is something darker than blackThat changes youWhen you looked and it looked backAt the crack of dawnThere is something brighter than whiteThat changes youWhen you look and see the light Read more

When I fall asleep I am like a fish returning to water from the hot sticky sand of the waking world. I can swim and breathe again in the oceans of my dreams. Read more

There’s a pebble insideThe great pyramid of GizaThat hasn’t seen the sun forThousands of yearsBut it remembersIt still remembersThere’s an old man whoHasn’t known love sinceHe was youngBut he can’t forget itHe forgot how to forgetThere’s an ocean that coversHalf of the worldThat breaks on rocky andSandy shores andNever forgetsIt is made up of dropsThere’s Read more

To be a part of us, you have to give up a part of you. By us, I don’t mean you and me; I mean the generic us of any couple who want to make a commitment to each other. The part of you that you have to give up is the part that allows Read more

We measure ourselves against lines on a wallWe measure ourselves against our parents and siblingsWe measure ourselves against those we admire and despiseBut mostly we measure in numbersWe measure in inches and kilometersWe measure in nanoseconds, geological epochs, and light yearsWe even measure in negative numbersAgeWeightHeightBlood pressureBank balancePeople we’ve had sex withPeople we loveDays soberYears Read more