The Jerry Ballads

It came as a surprise. It was out of the blue and I knew that it would take a while before it sunk in. There you were shining in blazing blue with your bright brown crinkled eyes.

Imagining the unimaginable accomplishing the impossible Dying here in life The light of day streaming whilst yearning for the lonesome night The residual effects are showing

It was late and early in the year when I had said my last prayer And the days wound along like infinite choruses of psalm And as the glorious daze of late December chased January’s first dawn

My love likens itself to the vastness of the oceans, but when proven lays before me as a miniscule crustacean. Every word that is spoken is a confession.

Dearest Jerry, You will be surprised to know that I am giving up the wall. I am giving up the way it grew to fit my bottom, the way it was firm and...