I must have back this breath
you take away
dryly
like wine.
Your love
is formidable, like night
and certain prodding
to sobs.
When you leave
it is with nothing left;
weird shadow
haunt the light
and gaunt reflection
in glass.
I have lingered
at my neighbor’s house
to steal from time
and her sorrows
I seek out strangers.
In my own house
I am stranger
to the thick presence
of your absence.
For these hours
I invent
importances. These thoughts
have pulled all threads.
My mind is limp.
Your lust carried me
to this trickery
when you racked the crannies of
my woman’s heart.
I do not think
I can no longer
make magic.
I have exhausted
patience. Every thing has
drained away
except this desperate love
except this desperate love…
Reference:
Ruth Garnett
Category: Love,
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