prescience II

remember the first time you used the word ‘love’?

I got on my high horse and said: ‘love is such a strong word’

boys like you shouldn’t play with words like that.

apology

it is not enough

that you know how

to say sorry

I could teach

a monkey how

to do that

confessional

confess

if you want to

but remember

I’m no priest

to grant

absolution

I’m no saint

to always

forgive

misunderstood

how easily you lie

doesn’t the heart or head speak up

before fingers hit keyboard

and keystrokes light up screen?

I want you

I miss you

I’m not going away

or maybe they are merely

incomplete sentences

I want you for now, not for tomorrow

I miss you, until someone else comes along

I’m not going away, not for the next few hours

when you tell me only half-truths

you can always say I misunderstood

inevitable

you can call it what you like -

I call it inevitable,

us.

trick question time

“you don’t

really like me

do you?”

tell me,

what kind of a question

is that?

delete

I’ll pose

for endless pictures

with you

After all,

the camera

is mine