Love like a barren field
Trapped beneath these thorns revealed.
the pitter!  the patter!
of life's day matters.
Our love fueled embers
burned fast as night's grand
light show, soon began.
You take and you take
But I cannot, will not cry!
Clothes torn and tattered, like rust
gently blanketing the currents in your eyes.
Viciously swaying
back
and
fourth
searching for premise.
Oh but they shine!
As thick the sunny rays.
I once thought our love,
filled out those empty days.
Lustful as it was, you
were the one I thought would stay.
This clock wound tight,
ticks backwards
as hour upon hour
turns to night.
This madness
Swells inside my chest.
Won't you just take it!
Just take it and rest!
© 2012 Christina Jackson