[a] piece of [my] mind

Robot Heart

carted off in an illusion

you took me down to your exclusive seclusion,

and made me think that i was the one

…convinced me of your delusion.

and how easily you move on,

robot heart, unsung song.

you didn’t need to remind me that we’re wrong

for each other, i never asked for your return,

but i also didn’t ask for more hurt…

the cold winds from chicago

blowing through my bones

by your chilling soulless salesman cold

call, I fall

And you don’t even notice.

-RR- 4/23/12

haiku for you

now that we are done

it hurts to feel discarded

like nothing, i am.

song

every song that springs 

from pandora’s box of wings

now twist my heart in anguish

because these songs used to make me feel so light.

now they are tarnished by the connection to your memory.

now they make me long for not knowing you ever.

i can learn the lesson,

just make the anguish go away.

it’s too much for me

and breathing is a battle through choke holds.

no one can make me feel better now

as you fly down slopes on boards

winter wonderment

while i ache with my paints 

and stupid poetry.

-RR- 4/7/12