I CANNOT SAY GOODBYE

I CANNOT SAY GOODBYE

No matter which way or why

I drive through the city

Feeling such pity

With tears in these eyes

Pitiful, painful

How cruel is a goodbye

When I cannot say goodbye

I still feel your pounding heart

The throbbing ache that’ll never depart

The passions we felt

The sensual sensations

Your body heats still a beat away

Yet I cannot keep away

I want to turn this car around

Screeching tires

Slipping and sliding in the mires

The blinding lights

Can this be right?

Hands gripping tight

Stomach in flight

Stomach so tight

The gears shifting

My mind lifting

How could I say goodbye

When all I could see was there in your eyes

The wipers wiping

My vision is clearing

The smearing, streaking

Disappearing

I see a vision of beauty

Your beauty

Your love

Your heart

Your soul

All there, here

Right here, right now!

Careering, tearing

Back to you!

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

7^th February 2014

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DIAMONDS AND FURS

DIAMONDS & FURS

Maybe a girl’s best friend

Diamonds

They glimmer and shimmer

In the suns light

Bringing a falseness

Or are they a delight?

Are we led to their fallaciousness?

Or are we wrong or are we right?

FURS

Furs

Furs

I’m sure they are right

A daring delight

Dashing black

Fashionable black

But what is that I see?

Not a trace of glee

Are you happy?

Waiting, wondering

Pondering

He’s late!

He’s nowhere near the gate

You stand and wait

Is this a mistake?

How much more can you take?

With the diamonds and furs

A model of beauty

His beautified woman

His possession

Possessed

Obsessed

Crazily, crazily

Infatuated

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

5^th February 2014

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RUSE

RUSE

It saddens me to tears

That there you were here over the years

You dodged and were dogged

You ended up being a muse

Deliberately you used

Definitely not a mused

You pinned your hopes

Then couldn’t cope

With the added attraction

Then it was distraction

Dissatisfaction

Of a life so bright

Shining with delight

Your heart shattered

I know it mattered!

I’ve pondered, wondered

Totally considered

The shattering of hearts

That has torn us apart

I cannot be your

Joke and a lark

There in the dark

The pouring rain

Lashing down on the window pane

That has put so much strain

On hearts with so much pain

Where we both had nothing to gain

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

4^th February 2014

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