for Leo*

I have no words to say today,
I used them all last night.
The city streets
were dark and bleak,
but I kept you in my sight.

We traded cash for hot *******,
we were shooting for the moon.
This force-fed high
of no reply,
always falls apart too soon.

In flame of hair she poured my drinks
and smiled across the bar.
I don't need this drug,
this pollutant fog,
to find a shining star.

I need to walk that nature path
beyond my father's grave.
To find a self
in better health,
in a place I can be brave.

I have no words to say today,
in the sober morning light.
I'll fall to silence,
I'll walk away,
before I talk again,
come night.