All I Wanted To Say
All I wanted to say was…
and then like frost upon moonlit logs
thrown upon a winter fire,
the words melted in my mind,
evaporated on my tongue,
vapour in the night.
All I wanted to say was…
and as condensate on panes of glass
before the sweep of cloth,
the essence wiped from thought,
dried upon my lips
sheer transparency.
All I wanted to say was…
and the waves rolled on the silver sand,
filled the letters up with brine,
the symbols hidden in dreams,
ebbed out of my skull,
surfing in retreat.
All I wanted to say was…
don’t leave this way, don’t go,
I love you for eternity,
yet the words would not form or flow,
then I couldn’t say in time,
and now I said too late…
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