he stares at me like a nest on a branch
a rarity of the natural world
creatures of anticipation
speaks to me like a spirit through a vent
with a voice so tender, I've come to resent
the aching in my back
for the restless intent

[In sickness you abandoned me,
in health my body had failed] - closing song?

took a happy soul and darkened her
for an empty promise of fulfillment
for one fabulous future

I need more control
never really saying no,
other women are shorting me
of time to be spent with you.
uncommon dread
starts filling my head
you're the only thing that matters in the end