for
just a little bit
when the sky is black and yawns
into eternity
daring daylight to break
its hold
i can see you in my arms
only a few moments
when the stars fade their
pale blue, and the clouds
cover the moon
just a second, a reverie
i can feel you
when the silver light
stalks across the
garden, antiquing the
river's path
in a brief instance,
i can hear your voice
laughing in the sultry
wind, winding through
the cobalt depths of the
hour
for a short time, i can
smell the musk and leather
the scent that carries you
in the overripe honeysuckle
daring to perfume the
night
in a passing element, i
for one last time, can taste
you kiss in the gentle mists
of dew that fall in the night
and when dawn breaks
i remember what it is for
love to
die
Just for the record,
i didn't keep the pictures
from our trip to the
sea, and that shirt
i took because it smelled like you?
i let the cats have it
because they like to
pull on the buttons.
as a matter of fact, the
earrings you gave me for
christmas look lovely
on my best friend's great
grandmother when she
plays bridge.
just for the record, i can't
even remember our song, or
where our first kiss was,
or any of the promises you
made me.
just for the record, i don't
care about the way
you stare through me when
you're with her; in fact
if you said, hello, i wouldn't
answer.
just for the record, i'm not
missing you one bit
no matter what anyone else
says otherwise. i'm getting on
fine in this grey little
world of mine, which seems
only slightly dented for
having you in
it.
awake and alive, hey alice
i found out something today
my heart's still beating
and my eyes still blink
god, i'm alive
and full of the world
i want to see things touch
thing hold things and
move with the wind
i want to travel and kiss children
and perhaps a few men i don't know
hey alice!
hey alice!
i'm alive!
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