The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling
I broke something beautiful I had prior commitments I was not free to live out that fantasy
Little I can do Now that I have injured you I must disgust you
To have kept you Would have cost me Nothing To have lost you
Easy to lament Greatness touched and then gone bu… Few taste it at all
Letting go Is not a choice That I can just make There are no simple steps I can mechanically perform
Driven too long with out coolant With out lubricant, my wife Blew the head gasket on the old Buick century. Now lifeless on the flatbed. Wait…
2014-12-29-23-07-15_journalx It is all too easy to be a smug pr… I don’t watch t.v. I don’t eat McDonald’s I don’t use facebook
It’s been 14 years Since we’ve spoken 14 years In which I’ve tried to Bury my regrets
I love your grace Always seeing beyond The ruins left In the wake of sin I love your strength
Self Determination It’s never free There is always a cost Self determination Requires
I never told you a lie I was honest from the start You knew about my wife You knew who I was You accepted the facts
2015-01-12-19-24-55_poetryx You made it look so easy Walking away You made it look like It was nothing special
The way to a man’s heart Is through his stomach Or so the saying goes But things are seldom So simple as that
Who am I now? I’m not the man I was before You’ve changed something Done something big You’ve opened up a door