When did life become so slow
Despite these years I've naught to show...

Love is territorial
And jealousy signals the threat...

The cover looked appealing
Albeit the spine slightly cracked...

There you go my sweetheart
Here is my last tear...

I blinked for just a moment and lost track
As thoughts meandered down forgotten paths...

Now here's a thing I can't work out
Its purpose dumbfounds me...

How I envied you all
With your senses intact...

Under a moonless cloud
You shift along my spine...

My life it is a tightrope
This wire is slippy as hell...

How sad that I crave the drama of strife
The storms and the gloom that oft puncture my life...

I'm hanging by a thread here
It's worn and it is frayed...

"It's time now" they say
And we each take your hands...