Alis Volat Propris

i have to say
i am not impressed
you keep whispering behind my back
unoriginal desires
that you are positive i will hear

when you have felt the
earth shift
when ghosts comfort you
in all your nights
and days
when you realize what there
can be
you dont even consider
settling for less

i would rather live with my
my memories of heaven
then find my way into such a
passionless hell

(which is not to say you
are not capable of such things
stranger things have happened
i suppose)

i have to admit - there is nothing
not with you
or the one before you
or the one before him
you get the idea

it is not you
it is not me
it just...can't be
i am not going to waste your time
i am not going to humor your behavior
that reminds me of a time i've distanced
myself from in every way

if you cannot be a man and
say what it is you want to say
to my face
then you can move along
and find someone who takes
amusement in passing such information
through common friends
when it should be softly whispered
into blushing ears
or scratched along muscled skin

frankly, my dear, i dont give a damn
and you're boring me to death
i hate to seem as though i have no compassion
but you'll think what you will
and i will keep moving forward
knowing what i am wanting
which, i have to admit,
is not you