Lament

I'm sorry for the words I spoke 

And those I didn't say,

I'm sorry for each time I failed

To brighten up your day,

I'm sorry for each tear you shed

I counted every one,

I'm sorry that my soiled soul
Has left our love unsung,

I'm sorry I was not enough
To open up your heart,
I'm sorry that we tripped and fell
Before we got to start,

Drowning in my dark lament
Lessons learned are scars misspent.

At your touch

Do you know

The thrill I feel?

Do you see

The smile I wear?

Do you feel

My pulse take flight?

Quietus

Could we be lovers?

Should we be friends?

Will you still haunt me

After it ends?

Somehow it's ending

Never did start,

Sadly I never 

Could love just by part,

Diseased and broken

My heart skips time,

Self-esteem withers

Like fruit on the vine,

The failure is mine,

On that I will dwell,

Guilty of loving

Not wise, but too well.

The other shoe

Watching for the axe to swing

Looking for the hammer-fall,

Hoping for one last sweet breath

Running out of drive to stall,

Dying for a chance to live

Living for a dreadful stop

Circling that famous drain 

Waiting for the boot to drop.

Anathema

Lancelot or Galahad,

Tripping on my own good deeds,

Scruples that I wish I had,

Slave to passion and to creed,

Lonely heart and blackened hands,

Fragile magic in my soul,

Wandering her hallowed lands,

Fighting long against this role,

Ruby lenses long since gone,

Shattered in a lovers' war,

Shameful heartache dogs my step,

Trust is broken evermore,

Hopes and dreams all count for naught,

Without facing what I've wrought.

Uncoupled

Running aground so hard on your shore,
Aching to touch you wanting you more,

Drinking your lust from those silken lips,
Breathing you in and tasting in sips,

Falling so far in wells of your eyes,
Reaching so deeply to claim your prize,

Brushing my hands and raking your skin,
Drown in your heat to start it again.

(Re)cycle

Day 1 fresh and bright
Tighten boots and fight the fight,
Day 2 going strong
With my brothers all day long,
Day 3 burning low
Suit them up and end the show,
Day 4 get it done
By shift's end the team has run.