Relationships are complex, aren’t they? So, so good that we crave them when we are lonely and ready to add the next to the trash heap when we’ve had enough.
Once Around the Sun by Bree & Tom Alexander
Once around the sun
with no touch from anyone
with no fun
Such a strange and lonely time
in the history of this planet
I dream of little moments
like brushing past you on the stairs
your aroma so sweet upon my senses
your hair so finely spun between my fingers
Round and round but never close enough
In my past life
it might be weeks, sometimes
could be months between
those shivering connections
molten to the core
on fire, inside another
But now
I count in “years”…
Heaven knows, we cracked the code
perpetual motion–
Won’t do what we’re told
can’t douse our passion
Forget trying to explain it
I need hands-on demonstrations
You and me
weren’t meant to be alone
It’s been too long
since I worked the buttons loose
on your jeans
It’s so long… since
I pulled your head to my bare chest
let you listen to my heart
Round and round yet never together
Endless motion yet no connection
Now it’s
once around the sun
all these months without touch
without caress
without our fun
How I dream, how I burst
for the memory
of that breathless surrender
eyes connecting
and the quietly blinking pleasure
as I shiver beside
You bite my shoulder
prolong the moment
So many barren seasons, now
O, I’ve been aching for you
My fingers (my nails), my fists (my wrists), so dissatisfied
my arms (my sighs), my thighs (my hips), so prone
Once around the sun
so many months between
without touch
without caress
without undress
without breath
O, an end must come…
As We Kissed… by Tom Alexander (2006)
As we kissed I sensed the change
as we fucked I could feel
that fire dying, brutally sobering…
The next time you called me
I lay motionless, foetal by the phone
already sharpening my excuses…
As we watched that film, I knew
this would be the last we shared
listening for some good dialogue to use…
As you slept so silently that night
I lay awake, forging a letter
to get me out of these games…
I Write Her 