1 drink to warm up
The cold inside
2 to loosen
The tongue
3 to gather courage
4 to reach out
5 to speak
Speak words of truth
Held back for so long
The aphrodisiac
Intensifies our hunger
Then morning….
What have we
Done?
Said?
1 drink to feel
Again…
Tag: love
If I could escape
Fly far away
You would be there
Nothing holding us back
Oblivious to
Life’s insignificance
Apart from
Our arms embrace
Our lips
Your touch
Caressing me
Day and night
The world would
Cease to spin
A cessation in time
Passion dominating
Us alone
And my heart
At long last
Undarkened
You repress it
Behind your smile it lurks
In the pit of your stomach
It resides
Growing
An irrepressible contagion
Ascending from the bowels
Disappointment
Infuriation prolonged
Now turned to rage
Misguided resentment
Boiling over
Need for an outlet
You struggle to keep it inside
No, it must be released
Released on me
My spirit
And my body
It must be released
It dissipates
Rage released…
I have forgotten
What longing for another
Feels like
–
A recluse for years
Stuck under
My chosen rock
–
I fear that love
Will continue to
Elude me
Once I return
To humanity
–
That is why
The rock
Has become
My only love
Done with this
Muse
Like all … things
This too must
Come to an end
Served its purpose
No longer inspiring
My head
My heart
My body
Therefore it must be
Disposed of
Out with the recycling
Someone else may
Have use for it
Be on your way
Out of my bed
I can’t afford
To gain
An attachment
To this
Temporary convenience
It wasn’t after
You destroyed our home
It wasn’t after
Your constant berating
It wasn’t after
You put your hand through the wall
It wasn’t after
I swallowed those pills
–
It wasn’t when
You called the ambulance
It wasn’t when
I was revived
It was when
You finally left
–
It was when
I finally had a moment to think,
About myself
–
It was when
I realized
I could be happy
–
Without you…
Rarely have I heard
Truth in what was spoken to me
–
Like an extinguisher
My flames were doused
By words
Replaced by rage
–
Until I gave in
–
Lovely words
Fraudulent, falsities of a predator
Weakening my stance
Taking away something in me
Replacing love with fear
–
Words… just words
–
Words no longer hold
Complete validity
–
Meaning lies behind actions
–
Love is in the hands,
Holding the heart,
–
Guiding me
Towards the stars
Towards the truth
–
Words the initiator
–
Truth in the words
Propel love’s momentum
A controlled explosion
–
My flames allowed to burn
Unafraid…
–
Because the truth of love
Allows it to be so.
Where do you go when
Your mind is racing
Your thoughts are
Taking you to unfamiliar places.
–
Do you travel to
Distant places where
Reality doesn’t exist
Time and space are a myth
Or does your heart
Pulse with love,
And the once quiet yearning
Finally breaks loose
Does the anger
The sad regret
Seep from your pores
Allowing you to mourn
Where do you go
When you need
To be free…
B.A. Wilcox © 