Ten: a Dark Love Story

I travel in time twenty-five years And see my lover in the passenger seat Shifting currents gliding us toward The tangled fates that we must meet So many reasons why to go But I can't see beyond these walls of stone The oceans between us only grow And who we are truly can't be known You hold out a tattered glove And remember the coming winter chill I scratch out your name on the wall And meekly accept my morning pill I will send you a thought like a butterfly That at least we're both still alive You will chase it away with a whispering hand The very moment it does arrive August 27, 2016 For "Rock 'n Roll Rhyme Fest" poetry contest