tanner brockwell

if i went back
by tanner brockwell (cc) 2007
if i went back
to a long shot dust road
red in the afternoon sun
the engine of the car purrs
doors open forgotten
the dress you wore
printed but faded
you left it once
in the sun to dry
a few weeks
took a toll
it’s not easy
to realize that
even now
baking in the sun
we stand under
forgotten stars
stand [...]

stranger that you should appear
by tanner brockwell (cc) 2007
stranger that you should appear
in the nebulous ether that we call communication
here and there… before long… a decade
of sudden interruptions
of circumstance
the so long gone and lost chance
if i were meaning more
by no mean feat
a meaner streak
that cruel rolling
of time more time no time
faster you run
faster
the quick
do [...]