on me

I searched for it

like a tick

in a fold of skin

and somehow still

failed

to notice the joke

was on me

lifeless

you come and go

and each time

the door swings

we walk deadened

wilted over

petrified in time

every single one

bears the brunt

the pain

recollections of better

moments, regrets

and each goes on

lifeless

Taken

against all reason

my eyes burn into you

burning in me

images of the immaterial

frantic beats rushing

rushing inside of me

reason casts no vote

and lust takes prisoners

i am taken

questions

i left the questions
unanswered
left them
in so many shades
like the way of rain
it doesn't falter
it simply
fades

Lesson 2

so it plays itself out
time and time again
and once again I am the outcast
when did I forget?
the lesson served up
long ago
I haven't learned it yet...