Silver Metal Lover

Silver Metal Lover

Your silver skin

mercury in motion

rolling over my own pale flesh

looks

feels

right

Breaking my barriers

strength in your metal hands

patience in your circuitry

love in your machine heart

Amber eyes

reflecting  the electricity

running through the ore

in the data banks they call your mind

Or is it something more

My lover

with not quite natural flaming hair

not even looking for your humanity

have found your soul

And singing with more than perfect pitch

infinity doesn’t stand a chance against keeping you from me

my perfect

silver

metal

lover

November 2, 1992   

Tressa Lee Breen

Say Good-bye

Say Good-bye

Say good-bye to your stuffed animals

so long to the passions of youth

Pick you your confidence

and pack it next to your wits

Walk through the door

and move into your life

Perfume yourself with humor

but carry your sensibility close

No one likes a smart ass

Let your enthusiasm transport you

while allowing your intelligence to monitor speed

Exercise caution

but don’t forget to give spontaneity an occasional workout

Allow love to be your calling card

make friendship your phone number

and live in peace

September 5, 1992   

Tressa Lee Breen

Road

Road

There’s an unmapped road in your future

traveled now only by fog

You’re alone in your mind

and you’re the same on this road

This way has many names

destiny

fate

karma

And although many walk

its ways are different for each

and no one’s destination is the same

Confusing and brutal

potholed and smooth

And always the question

“Am I on the right street?”

There’s only one direction on this one way path

forward

into the unknown

September 5, 1992   

Tressa Lee Breen