Josephine
You like to laugh at those
Exposed
Treading water
Waiting
To be saved
But then, sweetheart
I am in this frame
See? In the corner
Sinking
Ship-leaking
Clinging to a false sense of (life) preservation
a kiss
so easily betrays
Tasting comparisons with the past
Dry cracked lips say more than words
or good intentions
Could he have done it sober?
With only the water to constrain and train
Where the ship has failed
Changed it’s course and sailed for future
Fantasies
Out of and under
Control
When all around
is uncharted
You can laugh at me now
Loud and hearty
As you do
You do – as you
Perceive
Caitlin Smith August 11th 2006