Follow my lead

Terminal Uniqueness,
As if fog, it rolls in
Slowly
And you try
Living
In the moment
just passing,seeping through
your secrets, places
winter-
she has left you
shivering,threadbare
unravelling the desert
Here, with me
In my bed, searching
For answers
which sometimes come
in cobblestones, crumbling
faded patinas
and other times
the answers come
long before the question
leaving you,
quietly
in that silence
As you navigate
your seasons, echoes
salvage
what remains
soft, if intangible
like the desert
Mine, for a moment
you were
obtuse, naked
fractured
piece by piece
moving inside me
and I
lay there watching
as you moved
memorizing, thinking
that you
THIS
was something I wanted
to protect
because we forget
Our skin
sometimes
that it isn't armor
but essence-
delicate
It breathes
comes to life as we do
And we recognize each other
Through our fingertips
exploring,
passing over
jagged edges,
in favor of places still
soft,if intangible
your eyes now
just broken windows
that let strangers slip in
and live
with her ghost
casting a shadow bigger
Than two people
can make in the dark
but I tried
Truly.
"Sorry"
you said
you couldn't
but you did-
living in the moment
just long enough
to leave me
wanting
a future-
but hey, I'm on your side
5/8/08 8:49 pm-Vegas