like rain from stormy skies
like salty tears
from bloodshot eyes

like waterfalls
they tumble down

just one more word -
I know I'll drown

they fall unchecked from heedless lips
like dancers' feet
they whirl and trip

attacking me with hellish din
they scar my mind
they grate my skin

I'd give the world
I'd sell my soul
to find an isolated hole

one lovely instant's bless'd surcease
one silent moment
wrapp'd in peace

a minute's quiet atmosphere -
for this, I'd cut my life a year

so as you start to dial my number
ring my doorbell
stop my slumber

as you lift your hand to knock
please let me beg you, friend,
to stop

and know that as a new day blooms
and sunlight fills my lonely rooms

I'm sure I'll long to hear your voice
and join you in your joyful noise

but now I need this velvet hush
this perfect stillness
dark and lush

so out of friendship
go back home
and leave me
in my sweet alone

08/29/2010

Posted on 08/29/2010
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