Between the waves
the silence.
Between the silence
the words.
Between the words
you, always you.
Between the shadows
the light.
Between the light
the dreaming.
Between the dreaming
you, always you.
Between the heartbeats
the resting.
Between the resting
the force.
Between the force
you, always you.
Between the words
between the dreaming
between the force
between the very end of things
You. You.
You, always you.
A look back over your shoulder.
That gasp.
The refraction of a navel jewel.
The feeling before falling.
dawn a kiss on a loved one’s forehead
nightfall a touch on a loved one’s cheek
To lie beside me you lied.
I lay. You lay beside me.
Tut mir leid, Schãtzli, you said.
Es tut mir leid.
gave blood today
saved a life today
gave blood today
saved a life today
watched the flowing through the plastic
watched the darkness of my heart blood
watched the ceiling fan slow turning
watched the darkness of my heart blood
gave blood today
saved a life today
gave blood today
saved a life today
thought of how many teaspoons needed
thought of other reasons bleeding
thought of walking home soon after
thought of other reasons bleeding
lucky to be giving
lucky I’m not needing
lucky to be giving
lucky I’m not needing
gave blood today
saved a life today
gave blood today
saved a life today
Three little words. (I…)
Not “Fancy a curry?” (love…)
Now I’ve gone shy.(you…)
February is cruel.
St. Valentine’s a fool but
I can’t forget you.
suddenly awake
early morning the fourteenth
heartburn or heartache?
I love you, your fingers wrote in water
By the time I had decided what songs to put on the cassette mixtape, they were all already classics. I did not want to appear too wedded to the past, so I thought again. By the time I had newly finalised my choices, you had told me about your new CD player. I had to save up for months. And by then there were even more songs that said exactly what I wanted to tell you. I thought again, perhaps for too long. Well, definitely for too long, we both know that. Or I know that, and you would too if I had made the mixtape. The songs are still here in my heart.
simonsalento 