Child
To guide a child you must give him attention
that fills the spaces inbetween his expression
so that by the very form of your being
you form the child you love.
gallagher
25 Dec 1974
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Sitting here hurting
for her hurt and mine
scared I'm wrong
but not knowing
anything better to do.
This won't keep me from getting old
and it won't change me
from the dreamer I've been
and it won't make the TV real
it won't even feel good,
Lord knows.
I'd have never believed love
such a cruel whip.
Freddie said that God wouldn't have
given us minds capable of choice
if the choices were not to be ours
and we to put the pieces in place
but somehow the result wasn't
the clear light I expected
but just the same darkness
all mine now....
Attachment increasing is love
attachment decreasing is pain.
gallagher
8 feb 75
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Think on makeup and poise ... it makes the observer cautious
because of its unspoken intention to control his perceptions.
But it whips the wearer more deeply
with that very same fear she sought to escape just then.
For just when she's accepted, ...just then she cannot become real
because of all the change might reveal.
gallagher
18 Feb 75
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —