EDC Writing – Believing Sight Unseen
Scientist writing – odd lines, poems even…
Young hearts fragile as old bones
Catch her cold she goes viral
Born to see days like tomorrow
Wait a moment and it’s gone
No escape tied up in dreams
His will to keep her near
Her hand quite ordinary till held
The gift of his life hers
Reality no place in this fantasy
Smile at the ludicrousness of stars
Take away the madness let breathe
Be still let yourself go now
He a man untied
to time or anything
beyond accepted promises
She his curved ball
provokes imagination
believes she can be his
Conscience slips and slides
everyday more blind
to all he’ll leave behind
As he sleeps he stares
sees her in his darkness
light rolls back their years
Love beyond words
felt though unheard
their promises unbroken
…..
He remembers, she too… will always
Key in the door
a little stiff
needs lubricating
she keeps telling him
Steps inside
odd smell greets
wet plaster wood dust
others homes not his
Walls holes overfilled
tiles broken rough edges
doors an inch too short
frames botched distorted
Windows condensation soaked
heating gone awry
message painted on a wall
your home as you left mine
…..
Prerequisite… drill then screw. Nailed it.
Do the chords still resonate
when he pulls her strings that way
does the song still play
when he takes his words away
…..
No strings? Men like to fiddle
Her tortured voice
released for all
yet not for someone
past too disturbed
to feel the touch
of one on one
The roof alone
hears his whispers
where you go I go
you fall I fall too
she flexes fingers
holds his hand
…..
Hanging on… no reason, a feeling?
Her black looks
his dark thoughts
ill advised
hand drying knives
dishwasher safe
that’s a maybe
who’d take the risk
both did crazy
…..
Too tight… two egos, one room
With her
he had a chance
of something more
than yesterday
On the day
he let past dictate
too unsure
he played too safe
Tomorrow came
his moment gone
he’ll try again
too late she’s gone
…..
She would, he couldn’t… end of
Took a moment of her beauty … committed sin his memory.
