Morning Theft

Morning Theft

Time takes care of the wound
So I can believe
You had so much to give
You thought I couldn’t see


Gifts for boot heels to crush
Promises deceived
I had to send it away
To bring us back again


Your eyes and body brighten
Silent waters, deep
Your precious daughter in the
Other room, asleep


A kiss “Goodnight” from every
Stranger that I meet
I had to send it away
To bring us back again


Morning theft
Unpretender left
Ungraceful


True self is what
Brought you here, to me
A place where we can
Accept this love


Friendship battered down by
Useless history
Unexamined failure


But what amI still to you
Some thief who stole from you?
Or, some fool drama queen
Whose chances were few?


That brings us to who we need
A place where we can save
A heart that beats as
Both siphon and reservoir


You’re a woman, I’m a calf
You’re a window, I’m a knife
We come together
Making chance in the starlight


Meet me tomorrow night
Or any day you want
I have no right to wonder
Just how, or when


You know the meaning fits
There’s no relief in this
I miss my beautiful friend
I have to send it away
To bring her back again