i
healed
them
for you,
baby,
and now
you're gone.

my hair is sticking up like weeds because of the static:
when god calls it sounds like white noise
but I feel my veins cramping
and a man shoves himself between my bones

sleep on the breast of dead shrubs
will they swallow me? I am
a lamb and my blood is holy to the ailments I have

will you destroy me?
just to see my bowels absorbed by foliage  

please know I am in a better place now I will be a tree.

A Lifetime, Too Short

The seconds tick by, as seconds always do;
A second can’t pass, without a thought of you.

The minutes slip by, as time marches on;
A minute won't escape lacking dreams of you sown.

The hours stride by, as the earth spins around;
An hour's not enough to enjoy the love that I’ve found.

The days burn by, as we circle the sun;
Each day's too short, since my heart you have won.

The months crawl by, facing each full moon;
Each month of your beauty ends way, too soon.

The years sweep by, as myriad stars above;
But they’ll not be enough, to get a taste of your love.

©2013 Michael S. Davis