My daily dose
of losing you
trying my best
to try
Small misery
this love
albatross adorned
with tasteful millstone
It’ll be worse tomorrow
forgetting today
credit paid
in slow crawl
The One You Give Away
Another time then
if it’s all the same to you
unprompted confession
we can forget together
momentary truth
No promises
it won’t happen again
only that the words
will be different
sentiment the same
I’m prone to love
specifically you
another time then
if it’s all the same
Let’s Pretend We Don’t Exist
It might always be the last time
I hear from you
a phrase preceding sadness
happy here
half so at least
When your replies stop
I play pretend
tell myself the mundane stories
we never share
unrequited obsolescence
I’ll put them in a letter
someday
maybe
all the loves unwritten
the words unfound
Midpoint
I’ll leave
if you like
half-formed words on your lips
to that end
I’d prefer to stay
know that
for today
when you think of tomorrows to come
Swatch
Paint run ragged
canvas without edge
Keep at it
if you like
picture an end
that isn’t the two of us
I gave up awhile back
let the cans crust over
took a proper look
It’s not so bad
at a distance
perspective and love
and art
if we’re generous
with ourselves
That Which Remains
I want to cry with you
swallow sadness like a sword
to pierce this outsize heart
enlarged of late at least
We’ve made a space
with edges still unknown
happiness in the foundation
but not enough for love
Make misery with me
place memory in mortar
help brick up a house
of all we’ve failed to forget
Conscious Uncoupling
Best I can do
is love you less
a symptom
of the special stupid
leftover from your smile
Wring these words
for all their worth
for love
when you want it
and when you don’t
Cohabitation
I love you
as inconvenient as that might be
for the nameless fear
bound to bound
in a space
smaller
than before
You are loved
fear and all
Necrophiliac
Love by every other name
lest honesty escape my lips
pressed impatiently on pane
to taste your words again
Stained glass once red
gone brown now blue
display of time and loss
one-sided breath and blood
What was hunger once
turned into trudging feast
grave of words unearthed
love by every other name
Capsule
These lost days
are happy ones
for now at least
until time
inevitably tolls
For future me
be gentle
this soft life
was not so bad
even as you were
