I Do

I wonder often if you ever realized

early the next day

         when the dawn found the front lawn still covered with dew

         and the fermented lipstick stains were wiped away

         as a heavy foot built a bridge good for burning

or perhaps weeks later

         as bottles full of liquid crystal display

         drifted ashore islands where no islands should be

         vibrations all too easily silenced in the sand

or perhaps years later

         when a request made from a firing position

         to put down your weapons and surrender

         was answered with a white flag

I wonder often if you ever realized

you left me standing at the windows.

Reviews

[Christoph Poe]

The vagueness. Ah. This is beautiful too.

"Drifted ashore islands where islands should not be" is definitely the stand alone line for me.