Negotiations Of Remorse Poem by Thoughts of a Single Man

I tried to love you
but you would not let me
I wanted you to love me
but you did not know how
if I could do it all over again
I would say I wished I never met you
but somewhere
in a dream
I know that would be a lie
my how times flies
I used to think you were my world
I used to think you were my girl
but you were never mine
just a tarnished star
falling
in your vanity
fleeing from your insanity
always seeking a way to shine
sometimes
all we can do
is shuffle the pieces of our hearts
and leave the memories laying on the floor
for there is always another door
just round the corner
as I step into the puddles of what comes next
you are the remembered chapter
in the book of me
and I was so young when it began
now there is only the ending
to the dismembered book of we
never to be read again
by the eyes of this humble man
and I will march on with the band of time
and let the drummer boy play me to my end
to my muse
to my pen
to my chaos
to my mend
where waits the extended appendage
sent swift on the winds of a loving friend
sing me a lullaby
of my maiden and my mate
so I may sleep in arms new of bundled joy
let me wake on the morrow
with a name licked sweet upon my lips
that dissolves the crumbles of my tears
and returns a smile bright in its beam
that reflects the jesters grin
so the paint of my weathered mask
may be washed clean
as I am warmed in the hours of this silent mourning
with hope perched upon my shoulder
as I bid a noble and welcome greeting
to the hush of a winter's dawn

Thoughts of a Single Man © 2016 tm