A restless night

A hot Summer sweat

I dreamed you came to my door

I would not let you in

You rang and banged

Like the wolf of Goldilocks

Huffing and puffing

You blew my house in

And I thought

My what big lungs you have

All the better to read you poems with my dear

Was your sly reply

And so I lay back in my bed

You read and read and read and read

Poetry of love and some of death

You read some poems I could not hear

Or was it the silence of my fear?

My voice was silent to make you stay

And no more poems flowed from my pen

For stopping you might mean the end

Then once again I would be alone

Until your soothing voice came to my phone

To caress my ear and touch my heart

My passion for you feels like a sin

A locket sealed to lock it in

Until the clock strikes there is no ring

Where is my phone, where is my poem

Where is my muse, she hides alone

Fly back to me, spread your wings

09/14/2005

Posted on 09/14/2005
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