bittersweet

I thought I didn’t
care anymore

until I caught myself
counting the number of days
since I stopped caring

memories I

strange, the things that
still stay in the mind:
a few Spanish words -
not even a line -
and you drawing
hearts in the
sand

one of these days

one of these days
I will stop talking
about you –

I will stop talking
to others about you
and I will start talking
to you:

not just in my head
not just in words
typed out in a hurry
but out loud –

I will talk to you
all the time and
my words will
form a rope

it will reach out and
bind us together
again.

peace, please

I thought we
called a truce

now I know
we only ended
a battle, started
a cold war instead

peace, please

fact

you come and go
I rise and fall

see you on the other side

when your hellos
began dictating
my happiness

I knew it was
time to say
goodbye

lights out

some people turn out
some lights forever
when they go

all for grand gestures,
you turned off
the mains