Still More Random Poetry

Goodbye (for now)

Goodbye (for now) to those fond dreams,
the pungent scent of sweat,
the sighs,
to gazing long, across the room,
to meet your eyes (a stranger).
Goodbye (for now) to that soft, trailing touch,
to the silk of your skin (unknown),
and the sudden breathing-in
that catches, hitches, in your throat.
Farewell, fare well, until we meet (again).
I promised I wouldn't kiss you
Goodbye.


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Shattered Tales

Tell the story
over and over
over and over
Arrange the world, every word,
Each shard of shattered truth,
Until a whole emerges,
Different from before.


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The Reasons Why You Stayed

You stayed
(because you loved me)
You stayed
(because you wanted me)
You stayed
(because you needed me)
You stayed
(because you couldn't pay
the rent
all on your own)