letting go
breaking it all
stripped bare
fractured
lost in the fog
of whispered lies
drenched
drowned
spent
chewed up and spat out
into the sewers
just another of your litter
another puppy dog
and all in all
when curtains fall
i remain
just another
essential cog
left broken
adrift
anchorless on oceans
of twisted words
numb
in a maelstrom of half truths & lies
abandoned underneath shared skies …
… and now that the years have fled
and tears have been bled
and all that i have left
are my eyes
straining to see
you
fading slightly
yet still
the only constant
the only thing
i know to be true
‘smile’, she said with a wink,
‘smile’.
I smiled.
‘kiss me’, she said, pulling me close to her cinnamon lips.
‘kiss me’.
I kissed her.
‘I’m happy’, she whispered, her warm breath in my ear.
‘I am whole’, I whispered to her,
and to myself.
‘I am whole’.
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forty two years
slipped away
somewhere.
caught up,
ensnared,
trapped
bound &
mute …
through pathways strewn with dreams,
yours.
mine.
feelings littering the boulevards
we’ve walked,
emotions,
transplanted
lost,
in a maze of sentiment …
… so just hold me close to you tonight,
i don’t know where i’m going to be tomorrow,
the only thing i know is that with you,
tomorrow can pile on the sorrow …
… ’cause with your hand in mine,
we will walk together.
into our sunset.
yours
&
mine …
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when quivering lips meet
&
tongues
& whispers soothe each sigh
the ache of two vagabond souls yearning to share a few moments,
to share, to feel again,
memories and pain intermingled
seeking a peace so elusive to find …
‘it’s then
I must still my thundering heart, my love
&
close my eyes,
just hoping against reason,
that when I awake
you shall still be lying here beside me
and that you shall still
be mine
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