The Distance

The Distance

I hear her in the distance
Yet cannot see her face
She was here a few hours ago
But vanished without a trace
I remember us talking
About was, when & where
It was the liquor-
Not me, talking
When I told her I didn't care
Soon as I said the words
She was up & on the run
If only I could fix it
To undo what had been done
It's the process of elimination
That's tearing me apart
With one fell swoop
Gone is my lover & my heart
Loneliness is a brutal way of being
Sadness & depression light the way
Self-destruction lurks in my house
I don't wish it to stay
I hear her in the distance
Yet don't seem to give a shit
I barely remember her leaving
Right after she threw a fit
What was that she said?
What was my reply?
Take another drink
Release a thoughtful sigh

Jimbo
11-18-04

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Time To Think

TIME TO THINK

I have a lot of time spent
with the blast hood on my head
alone with my thoughts
most of which are
better left unsaid
I have contemplated life
and have retraced many steps
many hours have gone by
immersed in these depths
Of all the things I think about
you seem to show up most
together we have walked the beach
after driving Blue up the coast
wading in the tide
of some great ocean far away
have sat watching the sun
plunge deeper towards the bay
reality comes for me
as I blast the metal clean
all the dust I stir up
becomes the newest scene
threw the haze I reach out
and can barely grab a view
I am pleasantly surprised
to see that it is you
"where are we off to this time?"
I ask as if you know
in my head we are really good at
traveling to and fro
Off to some new adventure
or maybe to relive the past
my mind tends to wander
and the scenery changes fast
one moment we are swimming
and the next we are laying in the bed
I lose my self inside you
as you get lost inside my head
I am thankful that I have you
and grateful that your true
I don't know if I deserve you
I'm just glad you said "I Do"!

Jimbo     
8-19-03


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