Separate Ways, Separate Roads, No More Hello’s

If you close your eyes slightly and view through the lashes

The tears become trapped

and seem to vanish

Don't exit this stage

don't you dare wander away

hold back those hopes

tame the horses

which drag you

Thinking of you

uneasy stomach

damp perspiration

vertigo added upon for old-times sake

That's how my heart is being eaten

when you speak

when you ponder voyages and journeys

for changing's sake

Must I post Dead End signs on the routes you choose?

Yearn for a change of heart or a discouraged return?

Or shall I burn all the bridges you must cross?

Hope you won't be tempted to wade in strange waters?

Shall I grow the cornfields tall so you cannot see far away?

Cut down the redwoods and stack them in jigsaw rows?

Should I tempt the Sun to oversleep with pills from poppy fields?

Coax your moonlit nights to head east for the winter

Shall I break the arrows that point away from here with my own hand?

Spin you around forever until you fall where I want you to stand

Shall I scream farewell and hope you feel guilty?

Pull out my hair, play a mind game, look at you acutely

Or should I close my eyes slightly

and watch you exit my life through my lashes

Hoping the tears become trapped

Or seem to vanish