Dark Poetry Prose Poetry March 20, 2003 Dark Poetic Prose

03-20-03 thursday 8:50pm brick NJ

over the noise in my head,
under the songs that no
one else understands,
over the raindrops and
below the wind -
somewhere inbetween
all these dominions
there are passages
to the parts of our
lives we've never lived.

before that first look
on your face, that
distinct moment when
i felt your first kiss
coming in;
before that and after
the imprint of it,
just before when
and just after then -
somewhere between
all these unforgettable moments
there are doorways to
places in our hearts that
have never been entered.

i'd say it's over if i
really thought it ever could be,
but i know us and i know
the realities that we plead;
i'd deal with the end if i
really believed it would happen,
but that just couldn't,
just wouldn't be us if it did.