8/24/2004
slow down
i can't breathe
go back
piano...percussion?
no
a symbol
too fast
too soon
don't move
your life here
before my head
has caught up
to my heart
that once was laying
broken
all over this floor
all in parts
scattered
then healed
all alone
by myself
i built this
built me
and this home
where your heart rests
so comfy with me...not YET!
so stop
slow down
don't you hear
my head spinning
racing to catch up
with all the hearts
that seem to be winning
i instinctually rebel
push away
wanting to run
i wanna go home
back to alone
but you're all over my
here
and my now
you take care of me
go take your bow
just be my lover
for now
i'm not your wife
not your mother
stop
slow down
go back
to that time
of consuming
with un-cohabitation
of your breath catching
at the sight of me
at your house
of intense kitchen experiments
and loving my curves
and my beauty...
...and TELLING me so
i still need to hear it
i so always will
the lack of the little things
you no longer do
out of too comfy
or too tired
glare and blink obvious
like a neon vacancy sign...
they hurt my eyes
please stop
and do a self check-point
cuz i can't breathe
claustrophobic
you have no idea
my space
so stolen
and i'm stuttered and stunned
and blinking hard
to figure out how
we got here so quick
it's your changes
that change me and my energy
i'm drained
from confusion
and lack of understanding
holding things in
already
so soon
smothered overwhelmed
by my sudden lack of...ME
around here
so please stop
let me breathe
let my head catch up and see
what my heart
already knows
that i'm done
it ends with you
...but this is all
too fast
and too soon.