touché

the heart beats
pounding, tattooing
but the timbre de tambor will not last forever

the timegear sighs
groaning, rending
but what it has wrought is fleeting and terrible

never again, never again

i will be this sole collection of cells

never again, never again

i will be a lonesome seed in a hole

never again, never again

never and always
it's enough to make you cry
made up, your face beams, but it must be flushed down again

not a novel, revolutionary thought; those are never had
nothing is ever "had"
only held

only kissed, and hugged, and released, and borne
only ragged, and bony, and sorrowful, and torn

only me, standing here, loving you, because you had me

only us parting

only me
here
walking away