A paper husband
I reach out to him and all I hear is a few words of anger,
Then just the wind again.
For I am not important to you anymore.
Just a scrap of paper, not to be cherished in some box
Not to be read over and over, causing a smile to your lips.
The memories aged like paper in the sun.

You said that I must still be in love with you
When you walked through my door this summer
After so many years apart and I thought for sure
We finally had strong velum fibers to weave paper that would last.

Like a warm wind picking up a scrap of paper
We blew in the breeze drifting together as best we could,
but it was just paper and paper usually deteriorates and shreds over time.
I wish you had held on, I wish you would not wad me up like some old paper
And toss me over your shoulder without a thought.

I wish I could hear that funny story or your amusing day or
Something you need to vent about, someone to understand you,
So many songs, written on paper, poems and thoughts, line after line
Written, scribbled quickly and then…….
like all things made of paper left out in the rain,
drifts into a puddle and deteriorates.

08/27/2006

Posted on 08/28/2006
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