THE REAL ME



The real me is hidden
beneath the surface.

Hiding from what
even I do not know.

I'm afraid that if you see
you may leave.

So I continue to hide

the real me.




DANCING WITH THE LION



Sometimes loving
is like dancing with a lion.

Sometimes a gentle beast.

Other times

out of comtrol.

Many have tried to tame the beast.

Some have succeeded.

Others have been devoured.

I'm not sure
if I'm the tamer or the tamed

I'm just not sure about me.




HAPPINESS IS A FANTASY



Yesterdays gone
and tomorrow
never comes.

There's only now
and my mothers eldest son.

Now is a lonely place
and forever an eternity.

Happiness is a fantasy
but here there's only me.




I DON'T REMEMBER HER ANYMORE



She's been gone for so long
that I don't even remember her anymore.

RIGHT!!!!!!

Like you don't remember your first kiss
or even how to ride a bike.

I even remember
our one and only embrace.

Even now
just thinking about it...

I can feel her arms wrapped around me
as tightly as mine were around her.

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