He had danced with death before.
A tango taught,
to me.
Passed on.
I dance with death now.

I did not think I could
Love Again
After what happened to you I
Think Again
and again of what could
Have Been

But now that spark is
Here Again
with someone else, a brand
New Friend.
Miles away, and met by chance
a brand new chance to
Love Again

Faced with
a life threatening situation
a shattered friendship
a near death experience
a stab in the back
a final embrace

unable to shed
a drop of that essential substance
a saline solution sent from the
still-white eyes.

But when our eyes meet:
the floodgates open
my stomach churns
my heart aches
my soul cringes

A torrential downpour
contained within
an unstable host
Pounding for a way out.

A need to be wiped away
to be on a shoulder
to escape

Unwillingly, the ocean is
held back.
You make it swell so it hurts
and
You cause droplets' freedom
and you...
You need to come along,
and free the storm


________

Poison lingers on the tongue,
a bitter reminder of what we were,
what we had

A spark quickly dies,
our love is

no more

Meaningless to you
Priceless to me.

An inconsistant tug-of-war
consistently tugging on my
heart's open door.

A fight I cannot win,
another loss added
to my record.

I sit alone
weeping.

You see,
you stare.
Surrounded by new friends,
better friends.
People more like you than I,
people you like more than I.

I've confessed
my love.
You shrugged.
I've proclaimed
my love.
You left me cold.

I've lost the fight for
your friendship,
your love.

A glance at you
stirs something
inside

A warmth that
lingers.

A warmth that
longs to be more.

A warmth that
shall never be.

Green lights flicker
in the darkness
under the bed.

Concealed behind
reflective glass,
a wall of clothes,
broken dreams.

Dust covered fans
circulate chilling air
through the already
cold chamber.

A lava lamp.
Frozen in time.
No Movement.
No Heat.

Blue carpet,
from generations past.
Red Walls,
a current clash.


Four walls within a house.
A safe-haven.
A resting point.
A home within
A house.