Three Poems. One Busy Night of Writing.

"The Bank, The Loan Officer, The Investment, The Scam Artist"

Heard some stories about- 

Warned about- 

Getting caught up with a girl like you 

Can't get past the look in your eyes

When you look at me 

The way you always seem to

Telling me that what you want 

Is what I can offer 

But I never give enough 

Still, you take it all 

And now I am bankrupt on emotion

Hurt from my own terms

Of endearment, which I loaned to you 

On the trusted idea of getting interest 

From you in return

For who I am 

The man I claimed to be

Was never what you wanted 

When you thought you knew what you wanted 

And now my investment hasn't paid off

I'd rather pay you off

Then continue to empty my pockets 

I am no longer interested in loving you 

Since it's an investment which has brought me nothing

In return, except a yard sale of emotions

For which my rented table in the crowd is vacant 

Like the stare you gave me 

When I said, 

"But I love you" 

No monetary value

Turns out love is just a scam

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"Play These Notes When I'm Gone" 

Just how bad is the cancer

Inside a heart

Turned blacker 

Than coals before set fire

In our place

Where we once laid

In bed

Fire, it did spread

Just how bad could heartbreak be

When it still beats in time 

Signature of the metronome 

Keeping pace with the notes

Played in a lowered tone

As I sing out your name 

Through an open window 

To convey the misery felt 

Watching you walk away 

When our song is played in reverse

I get the sensation 

Of the feeling

Of you leaving me 

Just right 

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"Captain, My Captain" 

I have laid waste to 

Momentos

Commemorating 

What used to be 

Of our love

Better for me 

set adrift on tides

Of beaten seas

When at peace

We were the ocean

Navigating 

Now, all is lost

My heart having paid the cost

You were my captain

Shouting commands

To change course

Bypass the rough terrain

Of crashing water and tidal waves

Better to be capsized 

Thrown overboard 

Than hiding beneath the deck 

With a coward of the difficult journey 

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"You Versus Me" 

Your head

        My shoulder-Collapsed

Your fingers

        My arm- Grasping

Your breath

        My neck- Tickled

My palm

     Your cheek- Caressing

My eyes

     Your face- Watched

My voice

     Your ears- Whispering

Your mouth

        My lips- Kissed

Your eyes

        My soul- Pierced

Your heart

        My hands- Sheltered