Penetrates

Penetrates (23rd October 2008, 10.07pm)

Eyes demand answers, yet
I have nothing to say;
Wind sweeps words before me
that I chase, disjointed, crazed;
like leaves on the river,
the words get washed away.

Tears hide sadness;
your price: I paid.

Rain makes tears on Face
and your stare penetrates;
a hungry, spiteful gaze;
your countenance a demand,
red and veined; I quake
in the shadow of Mistake.

Take my boots off:
I have no grace.

Teeth chatter as Eyes ice over;
my harshest critic is my winter,
coming to end my summer;
you are my intended enemy,
when once we called it ‘Friends’
we made love, but love ends.

I have not the words
to make amends.

Hands hold apologies, when once
they held Flesh. My Bones are
light without you; my Body feels
bereft. And still Eyes penetrate;
wallpaper strippers, taking off
my surfaces, what has truth cost?

Your love, priceless.
Is it me you’ve lost?