standing in the shadow of love

"..Standing in the shadow of love
trying my best to get ready for the heartaches to come"
Four Tops



"here,hold my hand,take
and hold my hand"
and he told his weary talk.

the only one I can
say I was in love with,
when I told her my decision
she laughed dry derision
"love".

In St.Pete I felt a meltme smile pass me
in a storeway
& it took this long to never shake it off.
Detroit, I caught a kiss at a red light,
dead of night.
disabled in Deserts, I sought fathomous eyes
unable to ever walk off.
Rainforests, I knew I knew her.Near god did.
She nodded & couldn't agree in a more way.

Classic Romanticism, I think.
Was sent prose on Paris ink.
One turn, she insisted that I
"Burn this missive". she insisted.
One turn, business trips she wrote off
turned to pleasure resumed, in hotel rooms,
she slid her suit and bedcoat off.

Tho' with some it was just juices;
they'd come & go faithless,
less restless, faceless.

well, the 1st one is still
giving me the time of day.
& while this one here is still
living w/me a decade, day by day,
the last one will leave, always,
giving me all away.

But I thought up a love for most.
I'd trade in a clarity
I'd opt for opaque
I'd shift off all verity
and lift off
intrigue
but I got caught up in some love at some cost
at least.

-Wes Fulland Perdue
from " Lo Lothario!"