The 365 Project Pt. II

the moon is ripe again already
it seems like just yesterday
you turned away and goodnight
i waved but here you are again
venus has left you icy and pale
your dusty smile hides eons of
pain cursed to die and be born
again every almost thirty days
never enough time to love in
return always the ashen object
of desire never the warm touch
of commitment only the lewd
howls of wild lunatic gratification
forever you light the secrets of
myth and longing the eternal
voyeur your heart breaking
with each gasp and lovemaking
you can only reflect not
radiate it is all someone else’s
not yours you long for release
but you are pulled closer as
you struggle to escape the seas
your sole unrequited love need
you their rising and falling not
enough to seduce you yet you
cannot give them up so you
spin and spin endlessly you
turn and turn again and again
and i will be here i understand
and we both know there’s nothing
we can do soon you will decline
then swell forever miscarrying
your infertile womb still keeps
it’s secrets only you know what
love really means it is absence
that defines what you are meant
to be

epw 1.24.08 perrysburg, oh