Self Included

I don't know
the half told part
of what you think
is in my heart. But
on a five dollar bet
you place your lot
in with all those thoughts
and raise it a dollop
with a cherry on top.
And I'll tell you what,
take it or not, I'll see the dare
full forced, red hot,
and take you on for it all—
each bit that I've got.

Comments

Anonymous said…
With rhythm in time with my own.
January 18, 2005 at 7:23 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Wounded but unbroken

My car abruptly swerves to the side of the road. A mere song on the radio brings me to a stunned emotional stop. The words slam into me with the force of truth and I realize they are the words you have been saying to me for so long through your actions your reactions your silences and your touch but that you have never found the strength to speak aloud to me. The love I feel for you has always blocked me from accepting the looming, sad reality that you will never truly return that feeling. Your heart is not mine and never will be, and I can’t make you feel for me something you never have and probably never will, at least not before it’s too late and I’ve taken my wounded but unbroken heart and found another home for it. My eyes fill with tears of sorrow and frustration and disappointment as I try to decide whether I have the strength to speak aloud to you any of this and set us both free. I wonder, if you heard this same song at this point in our affai
Read more

Waiting for a clue

Don't know what I did Don't know what I said. I'm at loose ends with all these thoughts kickin' 'round my head. Don't know what to say. Don't know what to do. I only know having you gone leaves me quite terribly blue. But life has taught me lessons. And life has shown me much. I am the patient sort and I'll continue on as such.
Read more

Candy

Crystal Falls like tears or leaves that beat down on the ground. The earth that just sucks it up. Like three licks on a Tootsie Pop you always Crunch right down to the center.
Read more