Between us…

span of years no tears

No us…

feelings flow beneath

Useless…

looking back cold feet

I despair, not getting through,

as if you ears untuned to my words,

not of this world, perhaps that’s it,

you a goddess, an angel, a mystery,

way beyond me, my comprehension,

I touch, you feel, still here, reality.

Knees weld

arms cross

heart locks

sigh echoes

shadows touch

fingers brush

hand held

trace of love

Until you do

I’ll find

hold on to

loose ends

not let you

fall apart

 

Until you do

I’ll touch

ease knots

untwist

release you

from inside

 

Until you do

I’ll breathe

exhale feelings

for you

to do with

as you will

 

*

Selected from ‘EDC Shorts’ for publication in ‘Lines of Cause’  by EDC, September 2019

When did you decide

no one on one with him

the day before or after

you said you couldn’t wait

 

When did you decide

to mess up bad his mind

the day before or after

you said you never would

 

When did you decide

you’d made a big mistake

the day before or after

he said he understood

 

When did you decide

you didn’t need to cry

the day before or after

he wiped away your tears

 

When did you decide

you’d always love him

the day before or after

he said ‘I love you’

 

*

Selected from ‘EDC Shorts’ for publication in ‘Lines of Cause’  September 2019.

Gasped reached out

her shallow deep

not realised till

her toes touched his

…..

EDC – two poems posted today – ‘Shallow Deep’ here and ‘Unshown Love’ over at the Go Dog Go Cafe – https://godoggocafe.com

Could he not see

the game they played

she didn’t want to win

the hand he held

she wanted to be hers

What to do, so beautiful

sit back, count the years

their gap, she closes it.

 

Easy said, their first hello

words touch, too much for him

goes to leave, she won’t let go.

 

Where now, years too few

she gives, the best of his

no regrets, their goodbye kiss.