is it such a cause
to back from what was
no
that's not it
forward three steps back
allow me one last kiss
before we go our separate tracks
the snow will cover them
as memories are in the past

"When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna love you as much as I do?"

-Tori Amos, from the song-WINTER

Well, when are you going too?

maybe if you lost weight
somehow got your teeth hollywood straight

we could be real
a legitimate deal

as seen on tv
comes between you and me

perfection can be ugly
all this improving bugging

do you see
you are already perfect to me

tall grasses, brown in empty meadows
flowers long past dropped blooms
early sun setting cast ever longer shadows
stalks of corn waves golden in light of a cool moon
tints of crimson on leaves of green

the very summer
the treasure still uncovered
the pools of thoughts
never realized in your mental drought

to Penney,

If by chance, love finds you, whole and true
the love given will bring back the loss in you
I'll miss reading you