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KM Jones May 2012
Real love is too realistic to bear a name: true, enduring, forever.
Romance is not romantic, for love letters are dull to read, and flowers wilt, and butterflies cease to flutter.

Love, you'll never be further away than when you are lying next to me.
When I can hear your heartbeat, and know there is no guarantee that another night will pass in your arms.


I lie to myself to keep the pieces aligned.

And miles from where you are, I lie in bed, sleepless, unsettled.
Solitude: my closest friend, my last resort, my life support.
When you, my legs-my love, are not there to support me.

For foundations settle, walls crack, paint chips.
And fires will consume what the winds leave standing.

I wish I could have stood with you.
Planted deeper our roots.
Made a one from a two.




But fairytales don't always come from “dreams come true.”
KM Jones May 2012
Which is better-

to be let go

or

pushed away?
KM Jones Feb 2012
I want to know what love without endings feels like-
see expectations met.
live to love an old man- an old woman, myself.
I want to know what love without conditions looks like-
see endurances tested- proved.
live to die another day- or never at all.

(Feb 5, 2012)
KM Jones Jan 2012
pretty picture in the globe
miss when it used to sing
you sang along, you sang to me.

but now, it's just a broken thing.

on the shelf, in my room
cobwebs clouding up my June
missing summers spent with you

but, sun don't shine when I am blue.


(now...)


blood stained feet
'cross broken ground
our earthquake tore apart this town

the ground shook as we waged wars.

our picture's not so pretty anymore.


*darling, hush, don't say goodbye
amongst the rubble, I'm sure we'll find
another love; a stabler life
our love was one born to die
KM Jones Dec 2011
tell me everything is going to be alright when he cries.



pat my shoulder. squeeze my hand.
sit by my side.



give me the strength.


the strength not to cry.
the strength to tell him everything will be alright.
KM Jones Dec 2011
let's cut to the chase.


stagger through barely unlocked doorways
tripping off jeans over still-tied shoes
falling onto unmade beds, a mess of belt buckles and baffling buttons

scrambling hands and hungry mouths
exploring every surface within reach

teeth tugging, hair pulling, air- gasping

I want you to want me so badly you forget to breath.



collapse into covers, inviting embrace.
but make no mistake,
boy, let's cut to the chase.


we know where this stumbling, tumbling, fumbling leads.
and it isn't marriage ceremonies.
or happy endings.



inevitabilities.


soon, distance will destroy this life we both lead.


but why would I lead a life of misery
when I can have what is sitting right in front of me?


each second lost, is resolve gained
perhaps if we pretend you're not leaving, nothing will change.




. . . if we can just tell ourselves, May will n e v e r come . . .
                   . . . winter will n e v e r  end . . .

                          



if ignorance is bliss, and there is no escape...
let's lie to each other; let's lie to ourselves.


let's not waste our time; let's cut to the chase.
KM Jones Nov 2011
I need someone to come break my heart.

for the very last time.
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