My heart’s consumed
My thoughts are troubled
I see you
My words are caught
My eyes moisten
I touch you
© December 10, 2004 Keri S.
With this knocking that refuses to cease
I ask it to quiet
But it resists
Just like me to fight with me
With this incessant need to reach out
I can live without you
But I don’t want to
Just like me to lose out
And I say nothing
I watch you
And I know what I miss
Just another day here alone
I’m used to it by now
But it still hurts anyway
In an endless web that refuses to let go
I can’t dance
The rhythm isn’t right
Just like me to step out of sight
With the memory of arms around me
Nights never frightened me
With you to chase away the demons
Safe and beloved
Beautiful in darkness
Just like me to remind me
And still have to face reality
Imaginary but it’ll do
I reach you
At least maybe my heart will
Just another time I live in daydreams
I’m so used to it by now
But it still hurts anyway
I don’t want to be used to it now
But these words drift away
In offbeat time
Senseless rhyme
And they never get said.