Nearly daily
your grace does cross my mind.
A sea of concrete divides us
and years and years of time.
This love for you is fading
but, the lust, it still remains.
You left a mark upon my soul,
a beautiful, ornate stain.
Lovely little creature,
you I can never deny
Sweetest kiss upon these lips
and then, a sad, sad, “Goodbye.”
© Donovan Keyes
12/2/11
Deep, like an ocean,
I’ve never known this girl before.
So filled with emotion,
leaving letters on love’s door.
Such a bad position,
such a bad spot,
wanting to be free from prison
wanting her is for not.
Still, to try,
to forever pursue,
is worth the goodbye
and new beginnings with you.
© Donovan Keyes
10/15/11
What a night.
Something still yet remains,
beyond th’streets, routes, roads and lanes.
I reach for her and she complains,
I cannot listen as she explains.
The story, I’ve heard; the spectrum, its range.
Tell me again to see if its changed.
Break it apart to see it arranged
Tell me again love’s not estranged.
Trust between two is broken.
If only you’d listened to that I’ve spoken.
If only you’d kept our promise, our token,
I wouldn’t have been so rudely awoken.
Blame myself, I may try,
but forever I ask the reason why.
Why so far and yet, so nigh?
Why, “Forever,” turned into, “Goodbye.”
Now I see, together at last,
visions of future, but mostly the past.
Together with him; forsaken, alas,
perhaps you’ve found this love to last.
© Donovan Keyes
1/13/11
