Bandit

lost within the swirling madness
of these thoughts of you
I long for some security
but wonder...

are you capable?

once upon a nightmare in my
waking, not in dreams,
you stealthily crept within the
bars and like a bandit
swept my heart away

for months I lived in the happy haze
of love
-or whatever that silly thing is called-
balloon dreams popped so quickly
while, in ripped shards,
I tumbled into ground-

'twas you who stole my heart away
but now what can I do?
I want-
but I know-
and yet...

oh, (sigh), how I miss your touch

12-05-1999