As soon as I named*/
myself Carpe Diem Man,/
I stopped being him.
OR
I stopped day seizing.
*The person who named me “Carpe Diem Man” reminded me that they’d bestowed that name on me, so technically this should be “called”, as in “As soon as I called…”
I worked so long at/
being someone I’m not, I/
forgot who I am.
Maybe someday I’ll/
learn not to look for things I/
don’t want to find out.
Today I got put/
in a time out. I must think/
about what I did.
OR
Today I put me/
in a time out. I will think/
about what I did.
I’d give you a hug/
but I don’t know which arm’s pit/
smells the stinkiest.
Of all the things we/
can destroy, trust is the worst/
and most destructive.
It is time to leave./
What direction? I dont know./
We must start somewhere.
Will she once again/
open the door, look at me,/
and scream: “I hate you!”?
I once built a cairn./
She knocked it down. Now I’ve fixed/
a sculpture of sticks.
Ice-watered veins and/
closed-up hearts are ultimate/
leaving languages.