(2015)
One more meeting Just one more Rendezvous And the courage To speak up
I thought I was the adult I had the years that is without question But experience and wisdom Those were yours
The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley
When I got over the hill the girls hooted and I skated down the fun side of the arched bridge over the river. Carving hard
2015-01-21-21-07-36_poetryx Wondering Wandering Quagmire My own creation
Too long trapped Hopeless and caged Owned and enraged I saw a way out Extinguished my apathy
It’s been 14 years Since we’ve spoken 14 years In which I’ve tried to Bury my regrets
Today is the last day I am going to do this to myself The last day I will hold on to any hope Today is the last day
All the spaces between. All the things left unsaid. They are like the air packed into a vanilla milkshake
What are you selling Everybody is That thing that you have That’s icing and fizz Every encounter
I can’t help wondering Was that really you Could it have been so High If I could answer
Can you Unravel the lies You tell yourself To make it through Your uneasy
Everyone thinks they know what is best. The path they have chosen Must fit all. Knowledge of Right and wrong
I have done you Oh, so wrong. I have never given you What you need Forgive my failure
I can no longer trust my mind not to betray me, and devour me To bury me with thoughts of insecu… Was it love was it something else