Tough Love August 18, 2010

I tremble softly at your touch

and can hide nothing.

All that I am I give to you

in a close, unspoken, marriage.

But you take me for granted.

You don’t understand me.

You barely spare me a thought,

except when you need me.

Yes, you want me now,

you thirst for me.

You’re nothing without me.

I am both servant and master.

.

I have travelled so far to be with you.

Take me as I am

and forget my troubled past.

I remember still,

how rock gave way

and cities fell

before my power.

Gently, I caressed

and raging I destroyed.

Revered, I was feared,

needed but hated by all.

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But for now, I am at peace.

I’m not as I used to be.

Enjoy me! Tamed, I am yours.

Let me turn another page

in my timeless, tempestuous journey.

We will travel together.

Drink!

.

Paul Hughes 2010

Chemistry Lesson No. 1: H + O = H2 Oh… Splash! April 7, 2010

Mix oxygen and hydrogen,
as much as you can get.
Strike a match and step right back,
or else you’ll end up wet.
Mix oxygen and hydrogen,
be careful how you go;
for if you mix too much of it,
you’ll drown in H2O!
,
Paul Hughes, 2010