I know you do not understand.
I realize you are afraid...

Blazing scarlet-
Precious gems by the scores...

Blunder after stumble,
Arguments and quarrels...

Lingering-
Smoke after the fire...

My cruelty.
Laughable to even write...

Rushing, running, raving
Madly, blindly, haphazardly...

Dips, dives, twirls, spins;
Aerial acrobatics at the end of strings...

Talked with you today,
Just chatting on awhile...

Sip, then swill, now guzzle-
Water, I plead, and I puzzle...

Help!
Help! he shouted from so far out...

Travel-worn, weathered and weary
From my long journeys...

Speak with me, Friend;
Won\'t you please have a seat...