Finding the Way Back
the blue jays waited
on the camp bench this afternoon
for you to feed them,
you ignoring me
cost them too,
they wept all day through.
we came to Yosemite
for you
to find resolution
was it in an alleyway
or the Blue Onyx Bar?
did the sun, while feasting
on your skin
devour the last of us as well?
this moveable target
blazing the whiskey sky,
seduced my loneliness
following me
to Jack London Square
taunting me of you
As well…
my hair is singed
from lying in your sun
i am tired of lying next to you
engineering the corpses tan,
i am far better
a pale man
this world of your unknown
strangers smile
approving glance
a night remembered twice to come,
sending you to the other side of the bed;
whatever keeps you there
time finding ways to expand
diluting my reflection
make me more
leaving with less
fortifying with a smile
this journey back
is longer than
the forward run
Copyright © Jason Johnson | Year Posted 2009
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