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The Refraction of Your Gaze

The Refraction of Your Gaze



The prism of your Rejection is held before me 

colors, breaking apart
to pierce my heart 
	with their meaning,
entering, 
	becoming:

the Violet of Penitence 
	though I seek not forgiveness
the Blue of Piety and Sadness
	the one color true
the Green of Faith and Envy
	my eternal hope and your selfish desire
the Yellow of Jealousy and Fear
	which neither of us may ever erase
the Orange of Fruitfulness
	wherein Love once grew, fragrant and sweet
the Red of Martyrs and Anger
	death of the innocent, whose blood-color is as rage

projected from the Black Void of 
your false Spirit, I am pierced as
you gaze beyond me, as though I were
a weak and fading spectrum 
already dead 
already powdered nothingness

Why must you 
	see me 
		through these colors  
when I looked upon you with
		 the clear light of Love?


C2009  Thomas Lee Rhymes  May 2009

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a part of you

into your soul it burrows deep
into your mind when you're asleep
into your thoughts for you to keep
it will become a part of you

and when the evening settles still
and Time is but a whippoorwill
then suddenly you'll feel the chill
it will become a part of you

try, you may, to end your plight
to swallow it with just one bite
it gurgles in your stomach tight
it will become a part of you

though you've prayed the fervent prayer
to juggle Life into the air
leaving no one, not one in despair
it will become a part of you

in youth, we can not see The End
in middle age, we will pretend
and, at the closing, we will defend
that Death, became a part of you

C2023  Thomas Lee Rhymes - January 12, 2023

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in recovery

in recovery
that's what they will tell you
"He's in recovery, nothing more to say."
They would love to end the conversation at that point.

in recovery

but from what or from whom, are the questions needing clarification
i gave it everything i could gather
poems, songs, misplaced humor
my love, my soul, my essence

in recovery

i might have given my life, luckily i found a way out of that 
but, im still in a prison of innuendos, and sleight of hands
the trick was on me, the joke was on me too
so, im still here, waiting for my next round of heavy meds
those lovely cloth straps and the extra pillows
im 
	in recovery

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the cabin down below

sing me a tom petty tune
sing a bad company yarn
i've got my place in time
i'm set for the duration
i can't help falling in love
so take my hand, you've got 
my whole life too

some things are meant to be
isn't this one of them?
let's just go to the cabin down below
would it be a sin?
you know, i can't stop biting you
the back of your neck
your ample butt 
that spot behind your knee caps

i'd like that, an evening of lips on flesh
if not for my careless heart
we'd be there already and not
standing here wondering
let's just go to the cabin down below
close our eyes and find our way
to the cabin down below
you're simply awesome

no more love on the run
time to slow down
wait for the moment
dream of the moment
grab the moment
and take that walk
on the wild side

listen!  isn't that David Sanborn's Carly's Song?
there's no fear here
nothing but sweet saxophones 
and even sweeter sex
talk to me, tell me all the things you want
to find in your life
i'll be here, just outside the door
holding my heart in my hand


C2023 Thomas Lee Rhymes  February 14, 2023
(apologies to Tom Petty, and others)

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brief time

brief time

did our brief time together 
continue in your heart
did it go beyond time lost and 
enter into the void as a reality
can you now reach out and touch it
bring it back as though it were alive
have the years dulled the once expectations
and excitements of our affair

im not asking for eternal moments of memories
or hardened truths standing in the corners of your rooms
as statues of strength and permanence
just 
Do You Remember Me?

C2024 Thomas Lee Rhymes March 15, 2024

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creeping down the hall

i've tried to express my fears
the inescapable end to you
i'm trying now, but am i clearly getting through
it's not suicide i'm thinking of
it's just the unknown 
crawling through the night
creeping down the hall 

in my hot impulsive stirrings of yesterday
i've traveled many nights to be with others
borrowed money and shifted blame
to anything i could imagine, whether it was real or not
it's just that the unknown 
crawling through the night
creeping down the hall 
is more than I alone can stand

i needed someone, i needed you
to share my fears 
and cool my stirrings
and bring me full circle, into the light
to reveal the unknowns
sending them down the hall
crawling and creeping to their own
inescapable end


C2023 Thomas Lee Rhymes  March 25. 2023

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almonds and coconut


she smells of almonds and coconut
hair in curls and auburn hues
the perfect stance, the perfect glow
i feel my heart beats skip and fall

if she would see me, if she would hear
my close confessions within the dark
but here i stand against a beach cart
wondering how pathetic i may seem

almonds and coconut
subtle delights
awaiting creme or powdered sugar
to enhance them

here, on the beach, I stand
waiting for her to pass
hoping she'll acknowledge my presence
	a tiny smile at the curve of her lips




C2023 Thomas Lee Rhymes  -  February 17, 2023

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at your door

at your door



once, my heart stopped at your door
where the warmth of your body
stayed the cold Carolina snow

once, we listened to the falling flakes
drift to the wood porch
shivering in pretend
as our lovemaking began 

it was your love that sustained me
through the winter and the days
of cold and darkness

that love sustains me now



C2024  Thomas Lee Rhymes 12.08.24

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this is the place

this is the place 
where everyone sleeps
it is the darkness, the deepest cave, 
the coldest tunnel
if i sleep here, will i die
will i see the others gone before
hold my hand for awhile
i am scared, but curious

this is the place
where everyone sleeps
the place where we all finally come
to rest, or to suffer, no one has yet
to visit, to speak with us, to stay with us for
all we do is sleep

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if it's not love

if it's not love
	what has it become

once, we were the ones
who left the others in awe
of our passion, our nearly lethal dose
of lust and complete abandon
now, the linens are barely ruffled
the room smells of soap and softeners
our days are spent in silence
in the worries of the world that 
has stolen the souls of lovers 
gone before, gone forever
if it's not love
	what has it become


C2023 Thomas Lee Rhymes March 30, 2023


( with apologies to Kieran Kane, Dead Rekoning. )