Tuesday, 5 September 2023

Safe Space

There is a room that I encircle 

But I scarcely ever look in,walk in

think in

There is a bicycle on the outside

And a lot of books on the bed

There is a voice that guides

So that I'll keep a straight head


And sometimes I wonder

when the flan in the rice cooker

will cool 

And I still smile

Because wearing red

Makes you lose your cool

It's date bait


You are so worth the smile

You were so worth the wait

All these years and you still

Can't play

the guitar or accordion 

well

And only the dust

on my keyboards can tell

That we have a lot in common


Your anger went from 1 to 1000

Then right back to 1 again

To meet my thousand

And that fear never moved us


It's the way you towed me

on that bicycle

The way you never disappointed me

Maybe even the way you tasted my hair

The way you reminded me of me

The way I pretended you didn't

The way you knew I was pretending

The way I feared your accuracy


And Russia declared war on Ukraine

And you are caught in the middle

And I wonder if I will ever see you again

i even dreamt you my dear friend

For the first time ever

on a cruise ship in Tobago


Yes,I do worry

Because there are only two reasons

I think you'll go silent on me

And we have worked through the first reason

When you got married

And in this season

I am caught in the middle

Of the person you know

And the person you feared

And the person you would definitely hate


And I don't want to waste my thoughts

On anything that's loveless or cold

It is a good thing your room is still vacant

So sometimes I use it

As a safe space

Because I know love lives there



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