Month: January 2019

You give me
A lot of space
But sometimes
That is
Not enough
To motivate myself
And try to fly

The cruel mathematics of time
Reduces the total
One by one by one–

My friend
You told me once
That you would
Remain steadfast
Despite the odds

And through the years
As others left the circle
Our herd of the lonely hearts
Was culled and
We became an anachronism

Then just the other day
I receive word
That you are engaged

Now I have become
The last and wonder
Why have I found
Pride in my condition?
Why do I secretly smile?

You didn’t ask for it
So I’m prying my heart from you
It somehow got stuck–
Yeah I know you didn’t ask
My apologies

Why am I attracted
To someone like you
Even though I was not
What you wanted?

Maybe my heart is
Just too sticky
From all the poetry
I write

Maybe I’m just
Too hopeless
In that romantic
Sort of way–

As I reluctantly put my heart away
Saving it for a different rainy day
A familiar feeling takes sway
As I see another you

You shouldn’t
Talk back
When spoken to

You’re the
24th letter
Diagonal scratches
Across my heart
And probably
Not
The last

The world
Never changes
I am reminded
Of what
I don’t have

Through
The years
I stand
My ground

But I
Am battered
And want
To flee

I am in disguise
Unflinching
Stoic
Robot-like
Moving through
The world
Helping out
Whenever I can
Hoping whatever
I do brings me
Closer to home
Even though
Home seems like
Light years away

Why should I
Feel embarrassed
When I have
Nothing to tell you?

Who are you
Seeing now?
Do they make
You feel better?
Do they make
You feel worse?
Do you miss
The moments
Spent in their
Company?
Can you think
Of a time
When you didn’t
Need them?
Are you seeing
Them because
They were
Highly recommended?
Are you really
Free to choose?
Are you
Really free?

On another
Planet
I’d be
Worried
If you
Wanted to
Throw
Your
Weight
Around