Use me
Use me
Never let me go
Hold still
After the kiss
After the kiss
Hold still
Breath, eyes, memory
Perfect
Perfect
Perfect
Perfect
And then things fall apart.
The hours
Counting backwards
Shatter me
And then things fall apart
Breath, eyes, memory
Strain
And then things fall apart
Never let me go
Where she went
After the kiss
After the kiss
Hold still
1.
Then there was
that morning: you, the sun;
and I woke
thinking: the world
will always be this way
full of you.
2.
The waiter came
bringing perfect coffee, perfect spoons,
not knowing yet;
took one look
and gave you your name
saying: Happy Girl!
3.
You, oh you
were my first only; be
my only last.
Inadequate paddles, a child’s boat.
It got us to the far bank
Where summer grass choked the shore
And the heat scent of summer grass grew heavy on the cooling air.
Somewhere a car-camper played a radio.
Everything seemed to stand still:
The boat still; the water still;
But we startled the shorebirds and they rose all about us, all at once.
This morning when you passed
Me and I followed
You on the sidewalk
Your shadow after you’d passed
Was right there in my way,
So I stepped on your shadow’s
Head. All the way down the sidewalk
I secretly followed,
Skipping discreetly, your shadow’s
Trail, stepping and stepping the whole way.
The air was cold that I breathed in
That swirled across her scented skin;
And as the air swirled into storm
She stole my breath to keep her warm.
I prayed for sign of spring
A leaden sky was all
And my desire was cold
I saw him yesterday
He stood as close to me
As if I were his soul
When yesterday was chill
Tomorrow has no sting
A leaden sky was all
I prayed for sign of spring
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