with tears come lilacs

he says, "I love
the way you write."
and i wonder to myself
if this is what it truly means to love
and i close my eyes
and let his words
work their way through my mind

and i begin to think

while laying in his arms
i've seen and smelled lilacs
in the master bedroom
though none were there

and i begin to think

with his love
maybe one day
i will compose a poem
worth reading

Truncated L-o-v-e

Something of you we share 
long after you're gone
How do I know?

TRUST ME 
I've been here before

L-o-v-e 
is here to stay

It's a continuum...
a progression of life
to yet again get it right

Not a do over as some
would have you believe
but rather an eternal stage

where to be or not to be
is not the question

Wherefore ~
The Bard is quoted as having said
This you should pity rather than despise


Darryl Abdu Omari
 ~ LIVE

poet lost

looking for the stars
the dark sky begging for words
i no longer have