Ten: a Dark Love Story
I travel in time twenty-five years
And see my lover in the passenger seat
Shifting currents gliding us toward
The tangled fates that we must meet
So many reasons why to go
But I can't see beyond these walls of stone
The oceans between us only grow
And who we are truly can't be known
You hold out a tattered glove
And remember the coming winter chill
I scratch out your name on the wall
And meekly accept my morning pill
I will send you a thought like a butterfly
That at least we're both still alive
You will chase it away with a whispering hand
The very moment it does arrive
August 27, 2016
For "Rock 'n Roll Rhyme Fest" poetry contest
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