Remind Me To Miss You

Lean

Regardless of the pain and the manner

That I could let it show,

Or the number of full buses

That could have passed

To cause delay;

A heart still leans away.

~

It has to be taken far

From where it's last seen.

Forever.

Your heart should lean away.

~

I take it madly, here within me.

I take hold of your escaping hand,

And its phantom would mock me,

Kill me with its slow release.

~

Our first promises wander,

And are found now

In new lovers

Like cygnets,

Like old nets drowning

With their love.

~

In this suffering, your silence came

Storming into me; I am riddled past

Your shadowy goodbye.

~

And now I move,

A tired flame leaning

Into the shores,

Glowing like embers

All over the land.

© 2010 J.S.P.