not you, too

i wish you loved me

not you, too

what is so bad with saying “love”?

it isn’t what you say, it’s how
you say it. love’s not ownership.
it is a song, a thunderstorm,
a breeze. it’s not a thing at all.

but still i wish you loved me

yes, you do

Clay Monsters

Crying

It is nothing to be proud of

So often
We build our heroes
From the clay of pervasive opinion
And the water provided us daily by
The shifting fluid of popular thought

Ungenuine and ugly
Creatures of our own devising

Never stepping far enough away

To see the monstrosities
We have wrought

For what they are