To A Future Lover
I.M. A. de Saint-Exupéry
The earth was noise and dust
my horse surprised a snake
I walked all night under the stars
the desert was a bank of hums
Dishevelled in this mirage
where desire is unkindled limit
a kiss that didn't even matter
night was an ocean of those days
Way back I stood there then
as fearsome as a pilot waking
to a slow smoke and a brandy
that spoke to him on his last day
Hard grim lines drawn in blood
for a time when laughter’s wrong
to continue in blood until there’s
no more discussion in blood
I'm still walking years later
distraught of many concerns
delinquent of the inconsequential
every animal drawn to its own smell
It hardly mattered what love was
shadows and the sun would not light
each caress or that busy time did not
search for the fine wreckage all about.
© 2015 Rob Schackne
I.M. A. de Saint-Exupéry
The earth was noise and dust
my horse surprised a snake
I walked all night under the stars
the desert was a bank of hums
Dishevelled in this mirage
where desire is unkindled limit
a kiss that didn't even matter
night was an ocean of those days
Way back I stood there then
as fearsome as a pilot waking
to a slow smoke and a brandy
that spoke to him on his last day
Hard grim lines drawn in blood
for a time when laughter’s wrong
to continue in blood until there’s
no more discussion in blood
I'm still walking years later
distraught of many concerns
delinquent of the inconsequential
every animal drawn to its own smell
It hardly mattered what love was
shadows and the sun would not light
each caress or that busy time did not
search for the fine wreckage all about.
© 2015 Rob Schackne
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