Wreckless Train of Thought

When that big ship comes in,

You know, when my tax refund hits the bank,

I’m on the highway again

crossing Denver, Las Vegas

all the way to that big blue mighty ocean

and I’m looking just for one thing

 

So, where’d you go this time?

 

It’s kind of funny,

I know

(with all heart and soul)

You’re still watching me,

each web and each word I weave

So, why won’t you come out and play

Danny boy, where did you go?

 

Did they get too close to home again

The pisas, the twins, the spun out on Daytons

Spin-spinning-round away?

Where are they, where did they push

you to go this time?

Retreating into that chaotic electric hum

of machinery? That bygone, be gone remote area

only you could hide,

behind locked doors, steel screens,

behind smirks, clove cigarette contra-band

and bedeviled masks?

 

Only you?

and what what what about me?

 

I am coming home

Oh so soon-er

than planned and you aren’t anywhere

to be found

 

Fox holes and rabbits,

f**k the hat tricks…you, you jerk

you, you prick

it’s you

 

Yeah, there were other words

in between

There were miles too many

but really

it meant nothing

 

Fill that empty space for me again

Please, please, please

 

I dream and wake in thoughts

of you wondering how far you

really might be

 

Oh, I don’t ask anymore

I don’t lead myself

on

but I know, there’s a bond

Maybe broken, maybe tarnished

but oh so much more than

the rest

I was

there

and you wanted me

to be

 

delusional.

 

So why not now...

 

Sleep deprived

I’ll pace that floor

and at one pivot

I’ll bump right into you

I just

Know it.

 

 

Reviews

[Cass Cumerford]

i dug this a lot----and thanks for your comment on mine----i don't visit writerscafe much these days----but thanks

[D.R. Wilsey Jr.]

I'm was left speechless after this. I was feeling so much and it just kept getting better with every word. Thank you for this. Bravo.

[cest la vie]

Oh this leaves me saying under my breath, "Please be there for her"

Lola, this is an honest well written train..:-)

[Jibey]

Hope springs eternal... You tease out the emotional ride so well...