singed
Nearby, sex
taunts me
angels in lingerie
goodness wants
nothing left
unexposed
tears
for that which I’ll never have
trembles
for a future
without you.
Hallways
each door shut
a passage that grows
faster than I can walk it.
Then all at once
each door opens
a thousand dreams
at my beck and call
and me
stunned
into paralysis.
A moth to the flame
and you by my side
leave me I tell you
yet what good does it do
when at the last minute
in you go
as I veer.
We get in the car
and drive off
as I remember
what you once were
before I burned you.
WoW — that’s all I can say.
Beware the offerings too easily attained. They are barbed and not easily removed. Loneliness and longing are heavy motivators to fill voids. But be mindful of what you choose. It can turn others to ash, as easily as yourself.
I really felt this one. The long hall. Too many choices. The ease of wrong choices for the sake of distraction.
‘taunts me in lingerie’…this one is like a song, Matt. And thanks for it.
Dangerous Linda, thank you for visiting!
Annie, yes, that’s all true. Life’s choices are often ambiguous.
Peter, thank you!