TheBanyanTree: clutching intimacy

[David Seaman]

Sep. 20th, 2008 at 1:50 PM

I know you’re having a hard time
but I need you to stay
hold on for right now
hide under the covers
every night is another risk

the morningstar is our last promise
your arms around my neck
and tears on my shoulder
when I'm here we’re present
when I leave you disappear

you don't have to be with this
close your eyes and drift away
ignore the tempest bellowing at the window
the door is shut and curtains drawn
your scars are the map leading you back home

Tags:poetry mental health

-- 
Dave