Love is territorial
And jealousy signals the threat...

The bunting now flaps uselessly
In the wind that drove them away...

Symbolic etchings of happy and sadness
Drenched with significance upon my canvas...

I inhaled sharply
Flinched internally...

"Better to have loved and lost"
Isn't that what they say...

When the pain becomes too much to bear
Break away to a distant place...

I
Know you...

Tell me what it is you want
Take it and be on your way...

The shock violently strikes
I gasp, inhale sharply...

Oh my word I'm snotty
It feels like winter now...

Hey dude what's your problem!
Go pick on someone your own size...

Reflect I beg on how I used to swoon
On your sweet words that held me far aloft...