(poem / 2007)
My refrain, you came to be
a chorus free of sympathy,
you proved me wrong and sang along
with songs that laughed at poor old me.
Ne'er forgetting pride and pain
you took my word with true disdain.
But disbelief was not relief,
nor kissing (badly) in the rain.
And then there came along what seemed
to be the grand escape you'd dreamed
In love with two and hating one,
your mind and judgment double-teamed
and overtook your bleeding soul.
You knew there was some gaping hole,
my logic's flawed, there's a reason somewhere
those sleepless bedtimes took their toll.
My verses started losing rhyme
Your patience ticked right out of time
There came a spell where sure as hell
love wasn't worth a damn or dime.
And as the rhythm slipped next from
our song like tongue-tossed bubble gum,
the words meant less, the tone digressed,
the angels kindly ceased to hum.
Stuck now in weird cacophony,
I tried for what was left of me
but having loved you in the wrong,
I'd nothing left to make you see.
You saw through me and I through you,
our secrets hiding what was true
Love and words were not enough
to turn a midnight sky to blue.
And therefore in new clarity
you thrust yourself away from me.
And though the rain drowned my refrain
I won't forget the melody.
