For One Pass of Your Lips - a Re-Write
you’d whisper into my ear
but it was my heart
absorbed your words
when you loved me
way back than
you wrote your words and they made me cry
you wrote those words and you know i died
when you did your round about
when you turned on the heat
turned over every single leaf
left me out alone
in the dead of spring
or
was it winter,
it must of been
'cause i thought I’d freeze
thinking back
you never shied away
you’d whip back your thick black mane
(shined like the sun hid there at nights)
exposed your china white skin
never said hush always ready to play
still remember your dice
the ones in gold
with embedded gems in blue
you loved to roll them
the snake eyes bit
i'd swallow the poison like lemonade
handcuffed and whipped
your ceramic nails
tearing into my back
wore my white shirt
'till someone screamed
from behind it was blood red
i dripped on the floor like a lit candle
melted
you clicked your ruby heels
and you were gone
climbed the ladder
briefcase
Armani suit
never shed a tear
i would yell like a cowboy
riding a bucking bronco
not once did i ever fall
again
but i knew who i was
make no mistake
every rodeo has its clown
and I spoke fluent bull
the only knifes i carried
were still in my back
i lived with the pain
when i saw you yesterday
i held my breath for longer than i ever had
i thought the room would flip like a double sided coin
we spoke
i saw it in yours eyes
regret
you’d heard of my success
how fine i looked in my silk woven garb
you said
drinks
but i looked at my watch
and i think your teeth fell out
when i walked away
i could hear your tears
you threw it all away
when you decided
to look the other way
it broke me inside
i'd never be the same
i never turned to look
yesterday
the message i sent was clear
we’d never be we again
how did i feel
me
me
i'd give my right arm
for one pass of your breath
against my lips
Copyright © Maurice Yvonne | Year Posted 2018
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