Summer seems
The time

When European men
Come alive

Sending sweet words
Visiting town

What is so special
About this little
North German town

The computer museum
I say

That must be it

(Coworkers laugh,
Nein!
It is because

You.)

You are here
And so

The European men
Come alive

In the summer

When words
Are sweeter
Than ice cream

On the tongue
Of a child

Learning
To speak

(Learning
To speak)

my european summers

As clear as clear and as pure as pure,
That is the love I hold for you.

The ocean waves ebb and flow
And the moon makes its phases —

They are like my love for you.

Some may see it as fickle,
But is there a more constant thing
Than the ocean or the moon?

No matter how low the tide
Or the sliver that shrinks the moon —

They exist.

From the start of time,
Constant as constant can be.

From the start of time,
Constant as constant can be.

phases of love

In New York I felt like I was so close
To glory
So close to happiness
Something in the air
Made life fresh again
I felt alive
Each familiar face
Tiredness melted away
It felt like coming home

Welcome home,
The city said

Oh, I replied
I hadn’t realized

A large piece of my heart
Had been left here
Forgotten
Buried
Unearthed

My heart ached
With love
With joy
With sadness
Such longing

(Will I move back?
How? With who?
Where is my home?)

I’ve left pieces of my heart
In many places
I’m tired
I wish to go home
I wish for a lifelong companion
I wish
I wish
I wish

And oh, how glorious it is
To be alive
To feel alive
To have traveled
To have seen
To have met
To have known

But also how bittersweet it is
To leave behind
And be left behind
To be welcomed back
Only to leave once more

Oh, I hadn’t realized
Oh, I hadn’t realized

a new york longing

I watched the sun go down last night
I watched the sun go up

Just now through the curtains
Faint streaks of light fade in and out

They mark the passing of the time
Eternal fluctuation, dawn and dusk

Couldn't fall asleep
So can't wake up

Couldn't rest my thoughts
So can't make them stop

They ask me things
Things you'll only understand

If you've ever had a mind
Restless at 5 am

[Bridge]

I watched the sun go down last night
I watched the sun go up

Just now through the curtains
Faint streaks of light fade in and out

They mark the passing of the time
Eternal fluctuation, dawn and dusk

Couldn't fall asleep
So can't wake up

Couldn't rest my thoughts
So can't make them stop

They ask me things
Things you'll only understand

If you've ever had a mind
Restless at 5 am

Restless at 5am

Couldn't fall asleep
So can't wake up

Couldn't rest my thoughts
So can't make them stop

They ask me things
Things you'll only understand

If you've ever had a mind
Restless at 5 am

5am sleepless thoughts

There’s more to life than rugby,
You know.
There’s more to life
Than rugby and liquor
And girls and parties
And liquor and liquor and liquor.

You drink too much,
My dear Swiss neighbor.

I worry about you,
You know.
The universe revolves such
That I live three steps away from
Your door with the broken handle,
Twisted in a drunken rage.

You don’t realize this, but
The others hate you.

They find you frightening,
You know.
They think you to be grumpy,
Intolerable, creepy, resident drunk,
Concussed rugby star
Past his prime.

What would they think
If they knew?

You speak of anxiety
And let me borrow your pans
And whisper “kiss me”
In the dark
Where I am not me
And you are not you.

There can be no you and I,
You know.

There is no happiness in this world
For the likes of us together
Save scotch whiskey breath,
Bewildered laughter,
And the aching tenderness
Between two broken men.

You whisper “kiss me”
In the dark
Where I am not me
And you are not you.

There can be no you and I,
You know.

Save scotch whiskey breath,
Bewildered laughter,
And the aching tenderness
Between two broken men.

to my neighbor the rugby lad

the ebbs and flows of a life felt in poetry ☾⋆⁺₊⋆

5am sleepless thoughts

Alice Moon ☾⋆⁺₊⋆

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