If I could take you
Home
In my pocket
You know that I would
My Great-Lake state

I'd hide you in my
Closet
And lock you inside
My mind

For if Jersey ever found
You
She just might
Kick my Mid-West loving
***

This love affair is
Growing out of
Control
I find myself day-dreaming
Of the time we
Shared

You live in my skin
Everyday I long
To be reunited
With you

Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Streaming straight through my
Blood
An IV attached to my
Heart

You twist in my head
I can't sleep
At night
No amount of
Counted sheep
Can cure
This disease

The aching pain
Of my soul split
In half
Well over
Seven hundred miles

I've taken
Trains
Buses
Planes
Cars

And if I had it my way
Nothing could keep us
Apart

I pray that one day
We will be together
Once more
I will leave her for you
I will
Just not now.. No..
You see, New Jersey has a bit
Of an attitude
And if I left right now...
Well..

It's tricky, my dear
But I promise

One day
Some day
I will be yours
And you will be my
Little mitten shaped
Love

And then,
Only then
We will know what it's like
To be
Blissfully happy