(2013)
In Loving Memory James F. Logue
The hands of this watch haven’t moved since the last time you did and I’m not sure if I’m ready to hear the ticking
I have whispered your name into the air so many times it has become the breeze that blows
Everyday I lived out a song written just for you But you could
Forever seems like so long until I think of all the times spent waiting
I get my silence in five minute doses before the plane overhead brings me back to earth
I awoke in the dark next to you and more alone than ever I was amazed to hear your heart beating from
I was like a rain cloud over a small garden and dammit if you weren’t that garden so full of flowers that I fell in love
I feel empty unceasingly until you come along and fill my heart to bursting
I hope this is postmarked before my death certificate is dat… but you’ll know why if it is or if it isn’t If you get this in time
Under the weight of life I forget how to breathe and I feel suffocated I hesitantly make peace with the world
Everyday brings a new death in three words give or take Some days I drown
I know that you were there in my dreams and in my arms Every dream we
I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
So much time passes without feeling a single thing that I think I would give anything
Loving you was never sweet like the taste of vanilla the way I thought it was supposed to be It was more like