6 Days
so much to tell you
about where i've been
and all any of it means
is that i've been lost without you
memory burns with a line
of insufficient replacements
that i gave myself to a piece at a time
and wishing and pretending
like so many others
that there are no regrets
is another waste of time
when in 6 days or 6 moments
the greatest gift you've given
is love anyway
g.w.b.
How Much Do You See?
do you know the way it has cut
and spit her out
lost from faith
and fed by doubt
how gently she has held
the hope of love
and in the final moment
you arrived
bringing a greater smile
and a weariness settles on the heart
guilt that the past and it's path of mistakes
have taught a lesson that you don't deserve
to fear your truth
in the eye of her own failure
too crazy to love for long
When Comes the Test
will spring take you away?
into the questions of if and when
when love has set us free
is tomorrow full of too much space between
time burns and all things will pass
but how soon is too soon
for new love to bear
these moments and nights pass too quickly
awake to hear your breath
making love in a quiet mind
arms around you in the dark
fighting tears that you won't see
and fears that you won't hear
will the spring take you away?
g.w.b.
