Dazed Days

Tripping on the words I painted for you
drying on the concrete
But these oil based colors are simple minded sentences
that are easier to swallow than to stomach

Resent
The way you look so cute when we're pressed up against one another
how you back out of every
alley of confidence I am powerless over you
no matter what tune our blood synchronizes to

Forgive me now for I underestimated your clairvoyance
clarity for a calm
measured by the approximation of possible outcomes
but you proclaim certainty
with a bottle up to your lips
you blow against the glass
and my ears catch the crescendo of your creation

but I am lost amongst the siren's song
a ship, derelict in the rocks
Wading through high tides to
crumble at your feet.

And every night
With my ear against the window pane
I listen for your call
with optimistic attention
as I fall asleep
to your silence.

Our Father, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name;
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.