You

it always comes back to you
every time
no matter how far I wander
no matter how many I ram rod
roll over
obliterate

you are the one that could have been
forever,
I am the fool for waiting and delaying
constantly,
how could I blame you for my insecurities
I am the one who lagged behind,
stuck in my doubts
raging aloud,
I have only myself to
condemn

and I do ...

(11/20/2008.ajs)

Fairy Tales

could we have lassoed those raindrops with palms raised up high
as we blazed through with potions
full of reckless abandon
oblivious,
even to ourselves.
so certain we'd found that decadent delight
a cruel game, if that
and only for the well besotted

don't venture near if your heart's not yielded
toward lies and deceit from the other side,
yet it was not the other side that did us in
but rather a lingering memory,
climbing up that old woody nightshade
when no one was looking
when somebody cared,
back to a time when I used to believe
in certain fairy tales
so beholden was I to that dream ...

(11.13.08.ajs)

Broken Dreams

let me
love you,
the way you need
the way I want to,
curiously
expectantly, with tender sighs...

these wounded hearts
how they rationalize,
pain.
betrayal cries, remembering
where careful becomes a measuring stall
and wait we do, on the other side,
languishing ...

as the days do slide
as time does tease
while we fill our ways with other's dreams

oh, take my hand
our moment awaits
so very patiently,
if we, but let it bloom

we'll step into our destiny
this thrill of me and you,
feel me now
I'm here,
and there you are, so far away
this needn't be
our legacy,
of sad songs wrung from broken dreams ...

(11.04.08.ajs)