Questioning

I've loved you many times, welcomed you, if reluctantly. I open my arms and you fade. This time, maybe you'll stay.

Exhaustion

Drip-drop, one foot before the other.

I'm bled dry,

empty,

whisperings fading.

Crumbling like sandstone,

a bit at a time.

Unwanting

Let's leave this place,

shake off the dust, the memories, and the early feelings.

We'll cut the ribbon tying us to them,

break our bodies, join our souls.

I can't imagine wanting.

My desire exists for you alone,

your ankles twined with mine.

What more could I ask you for?

We're not like them, you know.

They'll say we are,

pleading with us,

but you know the truth.

An Unfinished Ode

These summers have come to an end.

She sleeps here no more,

blossoms crushed 'neath her brow.

Her girlish bower wilted,

wild roses long faded.

Leaving without a backwards glance,

with rings on her fingers

and flowers in her hair,

she's off to find her lover.

Tick---tick---tick----

Lover, I've been patient, I've been kind.

At least, I've tried.

My time without you is empty, empty, empty.

This particular sadness may best be described

with a lemon cake...the sourness of difficult times

conquered by the sweet perfection of your love.

I can't believe how quickly the days go,

and how slowly the hours move.

This day, especially, is like the march to execution,

simply because the heavy cloud of Saturday night

seems too much to bear. I suppose it will be the death

that Sunday brings a resurrection to.

Mind-numbing

It startled me,

when my elbow knocked the hot tea off the nightstand.

These days,

it's hard to focus long enough to get a clear picture.

This underwater dream world holds me tightly,

but my heart isn't in it.

Take my hand, and never let me go.

Just like they took away the Polaroid picture, they're gonna take away anything that means something.

Winter weather is always colder when you're not in town.

I've closed my eyes and tried to think about sunshine,

but, child, this wind and rain can certainly bring me down!

Come out of the woods, and say you'll always be mine.