i no
longer know
what to
txt, how to
help, to advice to
direct, to even just be
jokes come to mind
but this is no time
for two zincs,
& a copper,
to enter a bar
hav'en gotten off center
i see you toppling over
so do i scramble and block
become a wedge and stop
or just let you topple - i don't know
which to do - all will end in tears for me
at least my stye will go away
scrambling will make me fall, wedging make me squished
letting you topple makes me be needed more - and i don't want to be
needed then - i want to be wanted when you are rising
so what can i write that will make you see once more how the stars
above your house hide behind the trees. what can I add without taking away
what a woman takes away when she tries too hard
and the man she knows can be gets lost behind her words
