Medulla Oblongata

Sweet darling, I rapidly learned
Of the erasure of your bliss
The appropriation of youth
I catch sight of his
Tousled hair, runny nose
Life snatches breath, without regret

He seethes in her treasured presence
Hating you whom he does not know
You, who carry more hindrance
You make waves without swaying
You exert, compute and emote

There was a surge in me
Not in splendor but in seediness
You, lacquered gold under a bulb
Of halogen, constructed beauty
I spilled tears at wasted days

You exist, in this space
Wandering your room or
Lying in bed unengaged
What I know,
Verboten as it may be, has
Stirred up inestimable aching
Tales only worms may tell

You are happy and handshaking
Eyes rolling backwards unstoppable
Are these walls of flesh numb?
Like a child, or a drunk,
I forget yesterday and
Put faith in what has failed

It is early spring three times over
And neither of us appear to be abandoned
We function on levels considered normal-
But for you I desire existence beyond bliss

Please love, even at the end of the world,
Never stop playing