Smog

You said,

"Look at the moon....
      It's a clear sky tonight."

And all I could think was,

"You'll never take the stars from me."


I lost my footing that
night under the starlit sky

...Seemingly eons ago

The summer haze placed me
in a clouded daze

I thought your smog for temporary fog
-my mistake

I had hoped for clearer weather
with the time we'd spent together
-but smog doesn't tend to dissipate

Your bullshit pollution flooded my gates
...afraid I lashed out with anger

For I watched my fields of golden grain
wither and fade to grey

You clouded the sun
...and sky
...and took the air away

I fought
-but yet still I stayed

I thought perhaps love remained

You watched as I searched the sky for stars
hoping for strength to break past bars

I stayed...

I took these paths as ours
-my mistake

I thought I might crumble the walls you built
-yet that promising flower did quickly wilt

Still I stayed...
hoping to purge you of the pollution
now weighing both our luggage
-baggage packed for later days

Now the gates have cracked under weight You speak of forever
-but forever's too late

What could have been love
now dances with hate
-I refuse to embrace that evident fate

Walk away now
Speak not of the clear sky
For the stars will guide me home
-alone

I hope for a day you leave the smog behind
to find fields of gold to claim your own

...but not mine