Monday, March 28, 2011

Loving an Addict (Poem for my new book)


LOVING AN ADDICT
(for my DJ, my forever love )

A strong wind blows
I close my eyes in the sting of
Pelting debris
A funnel forms too close
But doesn't touch the ground

A couple of rattled windows
Threaten to burst
My heart
Waits

My life is not the only one at stake
If it was, I would risk it all
Wait until the calm returned

But there are others
Younger, more innocent
Dependant on my resolve
To protect the sanctity
Of a home fought and paid for

Inside I feel ripping
Muscles that will strengthen
In the face of this
If everyone lives to tell

When to let go
And run like hell
That is all that remains

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