I miss you and I have never met you
reach out and touch me
through wave lengths
between here and there
and everything in between
we connect
we share
we care
but I do not yet know you
Fiction
natural cruelty
failure
is a hooded figure waiting
after running three hundred miles
approach the finish line with expectant relief
failure grasps your hand without warning
scolds you
how dare you assume you were guaranteed?
then proceeds to push you back
to run the race again
Eroding from the ground up.
Quintessential
barbed wires intertwine around my ankle
I try to pull away and such but
fruitlessness is evident
It seems as though I am caught
in this frightening trap
Time is the only friend I have left
that will tell me when it ends
Only then relief will kiss my feet
only then rest and slumber deep
tell me what
tell me what I want to hear
and dress it up in bows
tell me what I want to hear
things no one else would know
tell me I can do no wrong
and fill me up with pride
tell me why this world is flawed
let that one wrong slide
tell me what I want to hear
I’ll rid the waste with no appeal
eat four square meal
brand the cow
and walk the dog
slay the hog
if you would only just tell me
what I want to hear
please hurry
I am in such haste
the cows are coming home
we’ve got empty dinner plates
Sally’s teeth are falling out
and Benny’s cheques are bouncing
Timmy has run out of pills
bedridden Mother so demanding
so
tell me
tell me
tell me
please
if you want to save yourself
and everyone you love
you will tell me what I want to fucking hear
and all of the above
brittle gum 