The Madness of Love

The Madness of Love

Ambiguity

You teased and enticed
and wondered how I thought
there was more to us
than you intended.
Your words came in layers
of masked implications,
in parables of meaning.
Even now, I sift through them
and turn them inside out,
licking at their corners,
patting them down,
still asking, "Why?"




My Mistake

You thought that
not telling me your heart
was a softer way to lie.
But I would rather
have heard the
harshest truth,
than to flounder over
the promises of
false dreams.



Peering Through the Mists of Doubt

"Tomorrow may enfold
a future for us," he said,
"Let's just wait and see."

But already I perceive.
In his vacillation lie
the tears of empty hope.

A heart cannot beat
a flow of tomorrows,
shrouded in uncertainty.

Blood cannot find
the rhythm in such
cautious hesitations.

Love blares and glows.
It shines eyes and
Lifts souls into ecstacy.

Weakness is but a lie.
Its vagueness forewarns
of the failure of its strength



Angry Words -- Sorry, Men

It is easy to want.
Wishes are plentiful as flies.
But men whose words
are given and meant,
are far fewer than
winged angelic pigs.




My Blunder

He led me on, not with promises
but with the kindness in his voice.
He made the mistake of listening,
and delivered a gentleman's ear.
He never should have been so sweet;
My heart completely misunderstood.



Scaling the Mountain

         The steps are marked;
         The direction is upward.
         It needs no more than desire
         For one to journey on its path.

         But when the first step is taken,
         And one finds that the way is
         Riddled with boulders,
         And that there are snakes
         Which hiss and bite.
         When one sees that
         The higher one climbs,
         The faster one goes,
         The further one advances,
         The less certain one is
         That's it's a labor of sanity
         Then one must ask:
         Is the mountain really
         Worth such anguish?

         I believe it is not.
         Love is the mountain,
         And I have chosen,
         This time,
         Not to climb.




The Dismissal:Haikku

Yesterday it came
A gentleman's rejection
"Let's just be good friends."



The Game of Romance:Haikku

You think he loves.
Inherit the world.
He doesn't. You lose.