Prelude to Pirate Prince

I'm the moon on the lake; two canoes ahead and two shoes
Behind —You're talking about the Wright Brothers
And you're right
About everything except our making love

I'm too intense when I'd rather just be in tents; building campfires
Beer in hand — The boys accepting me as I man
And I am one
About everything except our making love

You see love isn't made; love is had and you had me
Once — Okay, twenty times before the poison
And our sabbatical where we forced thoughts
About everything except our making love

You never left the dock; I doubt you could have if you tried
Fate — It know when one's first mate is minus
And the pirate stayed ashore while the poet cried
About everything except the memory of our making love

Our book; it was never written, but it's waiting
For Us — the two first mated among the equines
And one day perhaps we'll go to sea and forget
About everything except our making love

The Companion's Guide to Companionship

Un-tried, too true, forsaken and so blue
I bruised my legs on your abandonment
Bewildered eyes as wide as that grin you'd get
When breaking me down enough to cry or worse;
Enough to express your monster.

Projection is a road I won't travel again
Not with you nor any other
Birthday feet bare and bitten by bugs
Bogged down in the hell of No-Man's land
Where all good things go to die.

I've walked this scorched tar enough to know nothing
Can stop a self-fulfilling prophecy of rejection; you'll see
How you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink;
You can give a man your heart, but can't make him think
For himself.

A 2015 New Year's Resolution

WHEREAS, Miss Gianna Volpe is a writer of untested cunning and strength; and 
WHEREAS, Miss Gianna Volpe is in need of a New Year's resolution; and

WHEREAS, creating structure and discipline is her own responsibility as a freelance writer ; and
WHEREAS, either submitting one story or updating one of her blogs each day should positively affect her growing career; and
WHEREAS, Miss Gianna Volpe has been asked by several fans of her formerly often-shared creative writings to begin to do so again; and
WHEREAS, Miss Gianna Volpe, the governing body in and for Agent Jane Fox, finds that the proposed resolution will be in the best interest of the residents of the community;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Miss Gianna Volpe that she endorses and supports application of such a New Year's Resolution; and that
Agent Jane Fox will direct Miss Gianna Volpe to prepare and submit one story or digital blog post each day on her own behalf or on the behalf of a hiring publication. Agent Jane Fox is designated to act in all matters in connection with this application, and to do all acts necessary to carry out the intent of the Resolution.
APPROVED, PASSED, AND ADOPTED by Miss Gianna Volpe, the governing body of Agent Jane Fox, at her regular meeting of January 1, 2015.