dawn breaks
the first sober morning rays dissipate
the inebriation of the night before
and empty skies are finished
with yesterday's downpour
blow-dried highways run clean again
with no trace or stains of the past
as memories are swept away
from the beginnings to the very last
like crumpled paper strewn across a street
cast adrift by a hot humid wind
we rush after them
catching bits and fragments here and there
and clutch the treasure close
to our starving hearts
you watched me intently as
the hair fell down my face and away
i watched you intently as
the days and weeks were stripped away
no trace or stains of the past
perhaps it's better to watch them fade
before they coax the evil out of us
and bring history to its logical conclusion
the ice cream was delicious
the impression of your lips more so
red and drunken and pursed
like the rose i picked from my garden of eden
to match the image in the mirror that shook faust
right to his visceral core
would you still exist as a snowflake in my mind
or as a shadow cast across my front door
would i wake up to a whole new paradigm shift
or be kept sedated by a distant foghorn's call
push aside the faceless crowds
to catch a glimpse of the grin
that sketches out the royal laugh
to help me fight the battles i have to win
eyes squeezed shut in sensation
as i will time to stop
but the present is relentless
and the memories fade as
dawn breaks