david’s lament

i know you have me blocked, but for one last 

time i’m asking you to listen. you kissed

me goodbye and shut my car door so fast

you never heard our last breaths die. i’ve missed 

your little hiccups hop through that under– 

bite, and i can’t escape the haunting sound 

of your voice that echoes ‘round like thunder 

in a canyon. when i think that i’ve found 

someone to occupy the cavernous

silence, their laughs lie flat by violet

notes of first love that leave me ravenous

to cry your name in this mute violence.

i am distressed for...your love to me was