L. K. Thayer

he is my bliss
I do not want to
betray
his tenderness
...

he sees the light
behind my laughter
he sees the rainbow
around my shoulders
...

now
in the still
lonely heartfelt beat
of the moment
...

We walked on the sand near the ocean
The waves touched my feet
The water was cool
I held onto him.
...

wasted youth on
being wasted
tasting the lips of liars
with checkered pasts
...

sometimes
the longing
will
whisper in my ear
...

Hellooo? ?

I want more
than the echo
...

she no longer
daydreamed
of sunsets
nor of a man on a
...

the white paper
reminds me of the white dove
that sat all night
perched
...

I saw God
in three dolphins
swimming
I sat in his sandbox
...

I am the closest one
to my mother
but I moved
the furthest away
...

my need for solitude
envelops me
I cling to it
this lover who won't
...

backward
summersaults
off the
trampoline
...

I ache for your
touch
the need to
devour
...

after the day
after
after the taste
of each other
...

The no vacancy sign
on the motel
flashes it’s neon smile.
I walk to the corner
...

do not lose
your innocence
and replace it
with guilt
...

I can’t get the bitter taste
of you out of my mind.
I gave you my lining,
I gave you my inseam,
...

when my cat
kneads me

I tell him
...

I am the one who left
and pushed the plate away
ripped up my roots
carried the soil in my shoes
...