Easy... promises.
You asked for Tenderness
and why not? ...I felt
this moment frozen
and paper clipped
to its own file folder.
This isn't the kind
of sentimental and
situational stuff I write:
"yes, I know, but........"
though I feel very strongly
this sensation of
sitting at some
one else's desk...
sniffling & craving bed
out of touch, out of place
out of time, cliched
too soon too late
in a word rich
environment
surrounded
by thoughts
of things
I haven't
said...
ever present
and dense
sneezed
like allergy
seeds in
the ever
elusive
breeze...
of course
I'm thinking
of you
and not a
handkerchief
near to my breast
like a pocket pet
unimagined
you waif around me
as the sound of a
song buried yet
unkept by the dead
as we're writing
in our heads
I'm weeding titles
out of circulation
in case you're wondering
my current occupation
is not my steady
preoccupation....
I'm looking for the day
of last check outs
and though the
question is when...
will you be checking in?
...but for the moment
I'm just sitting:
at someone else's desk
where is says:
"ThinkCentre"
"Do Not Remove"
"Do Not Shut Off This Computer!"
among other post-it-stickies...
near our mouse... and stapler
the corded phone that
displays 9-11
and makes me
want to call
home
#easypromises #challenge
false hope
like the waves
that stay growing,
your lies amount
to deathly highs.
but unlike the beautiful sea
that promises life,
your lies are deathly.
every day
your promise
those easy promises
with your uncaring eyes
and ruined heart.
every day
i believe you
with my hopeful soul
and loving mind.
and every day
you forget your promises,
apologizing profusely.
unbearable hurt takes over
but i always say
"it's okay."
You’ll remrmber this
That’s what I said.
Going to get back at ya, chum.
My vindictive side boiling,
Like mount St.Helen,
Which we learned about
That very day.
“Was that a threat, I hear?”
He asked, pushing me to the brink.
The pyroclastic rage
That I was feeling,
Knew no relief.
“No, IT’S A PROMISE”
I completed the cliché,
Of which we were both ignorant.
You will remember this, I vowed.
Funny enough , he never did.