Smooth
Like you could walk every step alone
Quick glances in the alleyway
Pretentious but humble
Smoking
The tobacco folds away
In despair
Your destination
Not obvious in nature
However held true
Poisonous brew
Never slipping
Never falling
Always with turn
And swift feet to match

Must it remain?
I saw you
I saw you there
Floated away
For a minute
Held
My hand
You
You ghost
Goodbye

Why must you starve my love?
Impetuous
Resigned now
Being cast down upon the walls once more
A seemingly trudge
Royal blood you say
Waiting for a hero
Fairy tale ending
Hidden quietly
Behind your grin
Consciously ambiguous
Traveling
To the abysmal keep
Where your true feelings
Wither
Away
Hush now
Under broken glass
And trampled petals
Deep breaths for the taking

Campus streets
College jeans
Drinking
Excitement
Football teams
Tuition fees
Classroom leans
Confusion
Home
Dorm room dreams
Finals it seems
Ready to scream

Ease this margin with your brittle fingers
Touch and replenish
Nothing lost
Except your son
Waiting for you
On the staircase
Benevolent friend
Made clear
And your dreams
Cried out
Through the garden
My legs were made whole
My eyes
Track every particle
Till your lovely return

Please
Please let me get what I want
Be present
Shining down
Your eyes
Crouched
By the window frame
With mortal flesh
Beam light
Through the doorway
As you collapse
On my couch

Loss of fear
Inexplicably
Became fear of loss