Lela

Lela!
(1986)
I love you Lela.
You are nice to me.
And your eyes shine like rubies


Lela
(October 1992)
Lela,
Endangered flirtatious
Lover:
Always interested.



Lela
(1/11/92)
You act so sure
You seem so self-confident
But I know
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You want everyone to like you
You feel the pressure
They are fooled
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You need to know youre cool
You accept the challenge
But you cant fool me
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You flirt with the guys
You do "cool" stuff
Only I really know you
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Youve done all the "cool" things
You hang with a "cool" crowd
But thats not why I love you


Shadow
(1993?)
Too near to touch
Too near to see
Too near to hear
She is too near to me
Too near for me to know her
Too near because she is me
And I her
I cannot understand her
I who was her shadow
Then the lights went out
And in the dark she left
When the sun rose
I was only darkness
For what is a shadow of nothing
And when the night comes
I am the night
While she is the sun
Fleeing the night
Fleeing me
She is no longer me
Nor I her
I cannot know her
She is too far from me
Too far to hear
Too far to see
Too far to touch


The Mothers Day Gift
(5/20/99)
Its not your traditional gift
Its the best she can offer
Shes terrified
But shes doing the right thing
She wont do it for herself
But shell do it for her mom
Whose prayers are guiding her
She walks up the steps
And knows whats coming
Detox
Confinement
Pain
Shes scared and weak
But she does it
Because love is stronger
And her love is strongest