Monday Heartsick Blues Poem by Scott Murray

The sun rises and casts the dreams away
But I can still hear my plea of why can't you stay
There are pieces of you strewn around the floor
The last remnants of a time you wanted more.

The walk in today was lonely and cold
The office is empty and bare, the work is a bore.
There are children outside playing rope
There laughter cuts through me it offers no hope.

The world seems so grey and flat and pale
And I envision a time when you make it seem real
And the hours tick by until I can come back to you
And I am reassured that you think about that too

As I lay back with you cradled there
It holds back a weeks' worth of despair
I whisper in your ear things that are true
But words like your gorgeous or beautiful have no comparison to you
As you turn back to me with a smile on your face
You say 'you are silly' to put me back into my place.

But the sun continues to move, to be replaced by the moon
And the churning in my gut tells me you are leaving soon
You rise from the cocoon and collect the pieces of you strewn on the floor
You utter the words I must leave you once more.