Waves

I gave up again today,
but not in the usual way
where I am defeated
by you.
Rather, I gave IN today:
we don't have to do it my way
We can just go with it.
I want to feel,
I want to feel everything.
No more shying from the light
or swimming against the current
just for the fight.
Instead I will let the waves
flow through me;
fill the spaces in between,
what can and cannot be seen.

Sloth

Typically I spend most of my time  going 
back   and   forth between sitting down 
in various places,     like couches and 
benches,   reclined,  or eating food, 
or on my way to eat or to cook; 
I prepare it, then I sit and eat 
and dream about the next 
thing I am going to eat, 
or place I'll sit.  Back 
    and            forth.

venus in taurus

slow and steady
hot and heavy,
carve a niche any way you can.
climb to the top
hold down my wrists,
pinned against a weightless bed.
spend one more night with me
says she,
we will cross the ocean on our own.
or scale one more mountain,
who is counting?
we all do, when we're alone.