resolve (though it tears us apart)

to want of a woman

and love her like crazy

but she’s not your lady

when you take it too far

and she loses a tear

will you break from the weight

of the fear

as she looks at you coyly

in the lamplight’s dim glow

that splashes and washes the room

the deepest hue

of the romance of you

before you were lost

to the living we did

and all of that lying in bed

we wore each other out

on the other

it was the world

that tore us apart

and made a mess of

your sweet heart

and your passionate face

is now

replaced

by the emptiness on your side of the bed

the wretched world

was jealous

of our

incredulous joy

and the way your breasts

peak out

from your soft worn tee shirt

proudly shining

and dancing with the light

hide and seek bouncing

as you are laughing

and we fade off

into the night

like distorted glass

my eyes all bleary

and left in this dark

from the box by the bed

tomcat says,

“i’m gonna love you

‘til the wheels come off”

and that’s just the thing

the axle is already

shaking

and these nights are a highway

littered with all of the broken hearts

the horrid hacked up body parts

of all of this love going round

it’s the world that tears us apart

and the things that we have are

huge

and again the world has placed

 a brick wall between us

but i swing the hammer endlessly

tearing it down until

your tears

swelled around it

and you were tired of the sound

of my hammer and

of my

resolve

so now

it’s over

lady

it’s amazing how big

this old world can be

and still no room

for you

and me