Catch and Release

Little fish swims away
Lonely fish wonders why
Loveless fish musters out
But never learns to say goodbye,

Tired fish continues on
Tranquil fish accepts his loss
Tarnished fish will slowly heal
Although he feels like so much dross,

Cautious fish will swim alone
Canny fish can learn from pain
Careworn fish has lost its luster
With the lessons he will gain.

Caveat

Was it me that broke us down

And dragged our future in the dust?

Was it me with all my faults

That could never win your trust?

Was it me so sad and blind

That I could not see us apart?

Was it me in all my hubris

Thinking I could hold your heart?

Immolation

Who is the moth 

And who is the flame?

The wounded are walking

While loving in vain,

Am I the scorpion 

Or maybe the frog?

Failures still haunt me 

And I hold the flog,

I slip and I stumble

I cannot keep pace

In dreams I still carry

Some semblance of grace.

Circa

Finding you

Loving you

Losing you

Lamenting you 

Cause & effect

When masochism

Is matched by insight,

Despair is the only outcome.

Bound

In love until you love again
Yet unable to love anew:
The quandary of the lovelorn.

The fool

My last thought every night

My first wish upon the dawn;

A tarnished heart still hopes