Tears in the Rain

Polishing the mirror through a wall of fallen steam
To survey the changes that you made
Light reflecting life, drawn by curtains in a dream
Greets me as the fog begins to fade

I learned my lesson twice
A study of life behind the screen

I am so much older than I was when I met you
When I told myself I’d never leave

A grand finale bow
As a gesture of good faith

Now I’m somewhere else
Somewhere I’ll stay till I'm ungluеd
Nothing sticks like wanting to believе

Oil slicks from a birds eye view
Diverge like roads that lead to nowhere
A papier-mache mask rests next to sour cherries

Look at you, the blurry shape
That used to bear my name
Dance across the screen from left to right
Soft and blurred a whispered word
Like tears wept in the rain
All around and hiding in plain sight

Time bends what it passes through
Into the strangest shapes
Like a face that’s been caught in the act
I can see my lips move
But I hear no sounds escape
Seems my tongue’s been taken by the cat