"Love And Other Drugs That Hurt"

Tonight,
Alive and electric.

Pills,
Splitting and crushing.

Caps,
Littering and popping.

Lips,
Pressed and together.

Burning,
Heart and head.

Tonight,
Giggle and prosper.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tomorrow night,
I will black out a bit,
You tangle up around me,
Like a spider in it's web,
Wrapped around the dead food.

Tomorrow night,
I eat something like sour grape,
You laugh when I make that face,
Like the buzzing in the room,
Warping down to our stumbling feet.

Tomorrow night,
I cut off all my flowing hair,
You say you like me as a man,
Like an androgynous woman,
Wishing just to hold you again.

Tomorrow night,
I inject a needle so unfamaliar,
You shriek at the sight of red,
Like a faucet it won't stop running,
Wanting to bounce on the floor.

Tomorrow night,
I get my little wish to come true,
You hold me tight saying "Don't leave",
Like all that blood I did indeed go,
Wandering down a dark path in your eyes.

Tomorrow night,
I watch your face crumble when I die,
Your body heaving with tears on my face,
Like that rainfall we walked in once,
Walking across the road hand in hand.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


Tonight,
Easing and holding.

Smiles,
Widening and showing.

Hands,
Tight and laced.

Mind,
Sweet and spiced.

Heart,
Love and left.

Tonight,
I'm still here.