'imperceptibility of fear' - (june 2008)

you jump,
fly
and a scattering of shadow
breaks a line
into a tangent
falling under your feet
we collapse together into the sky

and I am
unascertainable,
a thought
buried
behind eyes of uncertainty

you recoil
to the imperceptible
the unknown

but
you know me-
a machine
toiling at alien tasks
impossibly unknowable-

you know me-
a giant
lumbering down shadowy roads
watching dimensions collapse to lines-

fearful
that we have a uniform task
you jump.
and we,
impossibly alien together,
watch the breaking of lines
into shadows
unknown
falling under our feet

'block' (december 2008)

when I try to commit you to lines
and a series of images
your nature is revealed to me-
unnatural.

the attempt at bringing you
into the focus
of phrase, rhyme, verse and foot
defies my terms
and you are left unbound

how I dream of claiming you
breaking your shape
down into words
the verses purging you
into a form reconcilable
with its formation
a paradox
perfectly fitting in its imperfection