in dreams,
in sleep
my tears flow freely
for you
for lost love
for the sake of
hearing the echos
from the bottom
of the well
in my soul
'i painted today,
all in blues'
you said
and later
when you said
on the wharf
that you were going back
you might as well
have pushed me into the
icy blue-black
water in the harbor
you could paint this
anger and
these tears in blues
abstract hues
subtle fears
empty, yawning, lonely
later years
i've paid my dues
in lovers lost
i've been reused
reshapen, reborn
in sunrises, at the break of dawn
lying beside you
how i long
just
to lay beside you
once again.