Sorry

all you have to do is stop
and breathe in truth from a different angle
allow the surge of our last togetherness
to buffer the poison

but there’s no strength left in your arms
to embrace
the power of forgiveness
no tears, no eyelids to cover my lie

I’m watching rage
spreading on your face
like death on a foreign battlefield
shredding the universe
of all the stars
we ever counted

I hear distance settling in the rhythm
of your galloping heart
and the growing of
my lust for yesterday

oh, there’s such glory in your silent eyes
and such retreat
I guess I’ll never find
the word to break it