everything written on the wall

and just to be clear

there's a lot of heartbreak!

for goodness sake

it's true,

everything written on the wall

with a sharp pen

writing down to the raw,

the expansive and the small.

and there are numerous stories of lost lovers

smothered under their personal covers,

still pointing to the stars,

dreaming of life on Mars;

but when you asked me for my hand

what i didn't understand

was that it was for all of me,

from the deepest roots to the highest part of the tree;

so i stayed wrapped in my bedroom bundle

blind to the promise of a galloping horse

picking and choosing his wildest course

unnamed and untamed

across the expansive prairie

feeling the deepest breath of free air

longing for a companion with which to share

everything written on the wall

with a sharp pen

writing down to the raw,

the expansive and the small.