My time knows no bonds

My time, my priceless gift to you

My time equals my love

Reserved and reflective 
Observant active

Participant

Struggling to overcome 

Assumptions of shyness

Struggling to overcome

Assumptions

Of passiveness

Reserved and reflective

Observant and active 

Participant in life

Chimney sweeping and

Floor waxer, fierce Bermuda 

grass warrior; my skills

They grew up so fast

Those years like ten 

Rolled into each one

Those years packed 

So full of life

They grew up fast

Now they may

Go back to 

Being children

To my brother whose birthday
I never quite remember
But who I still
Think of
As one of the best
People I know
To my brother
Who walked me
To the bus stop
Taught me
How to ride a bike
Little treats
When I least expected
Six years older
But always so much
Wiser
Surrogate parent
So young but
So responsible
To my brother
Whose birthday I
Never quite remember
So many thank you’s
Never quite said
To my brother
I love you

my coffee
cream and sugar
already added
tasting like the
inside of a paper cup
my coffee almost hot
my coffee
bringing me a smile
as I dream of things to be
worlds of peace
filled with music
and love
my coffee
tasting of a paper cup

Getting rid of the distractions
That make me forget
That no one is my enemy
No one deserves my mistrust
Getting rid of distractions
To let me see the light
In all who I meet
Getting rid of the distractions
That keep me
From being her friend
Or his lover
Getting rid of the distractions
That teach us to hate
That teach us to envy
What we are not
Getting rid of the distractions
That tear us all down

I remember the pain
Of a community
That lives in fear
I remember the  fear
Of a community
That does not
Belong here
I remember
Because
Forgiving
Does not
Mean forgetting

My ode to a world
I want to believe in
My ode to a world that
I do believe in
I don’t want to ignore
the ugliness
the hate
I don’t want to embrace
ignorance
I don’t want to embrace
apathy
I want to embrace
change
I want to embrace
hope
Hope for a better
today