Let us leave our love here
where it began
where it was pure
where we were sure
that we knew better
let us leave our love here
where it is safe
and untainted
from the people
we have both
become,

I like your smile
you like mine
so far
it’s all sublime
don’t introduce your real self
in case
I have to find mine

I am screaming at the the sky
but I still love
the dark blue inky ness
of its call

Don’t play games
with my heart
I am really not strong
it will break me apart

Your love hit me
like a bullet in the dark
it came from nowhere
but it’s surely left its mark

I wake
to a noisy Manhattan morning
while my children wake
to a boring boarding school
yawning
on the other side of this morning
on the other side of the world
every bit of mother in me
knows I should save them
be on the next flight from Newark
I could make it before nightfall
I could scoop them up
I could save their souls.

You want me to understand that
you have wasted your life
believing
what your mother said
she believed what she said
she had no choice
but she never wanted you
to believe it too.