headlight_stare
deb as i sit here in your
all but empty room
all i can think is
"why did you have to go to work today-?"
i woke with a chill
this morning
that the overheated blankets
couldn't ward off
and reached for you-
your music has kept me
company in your empty absence
as i count the seconds
(down to 5001, now, i think)
until i see that face of yours
smile through the
slowly widening crack of this door

so much has happened
and my heart should be laughing
giddily as a preschooler,
while, in actuality,
her broken half-smile
is weighed against these
teary doe eyes
and she finds herself lost,
flitting away on this wind
that should be more crisp
(for january)
while these eyes wait heavily
for your slow return
-i don't ever want to
have to leave you again-
010106
what's it to you?
who go
blather
from