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