Sad Solar System

July 8, 2013

<div>My dearest loved one, once seized the stars-</div><div> </div><div>

the sun, the moon, venus and mars.</div><div> </div><div>

My darling, so divinely, he seemed to hold them all</div><div> </div><div>

but he thought his hands were empty.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>

My dear, he lingered like the smell before rain-</div><div> </div><div>

he looked like heaven but spoke fluent pain.</div><div> </div><div>

My beloved, so cruel to the world and himself</div><div> </div><div>

wanted to be drunk when he woke up-</div><div> </div><div>

but there was no beer on the kitchen shelf.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>

My honey, he was so sad, so terribly sad-</div><div> </div><div>

his everyday gamble with life was only once ever won.</div><div> </div><div>

His days dragged on and his nights raced passed,</div><div> </div><div>

my esteemed, he was slowly sinking, wasting, tarnishing-</div><div> </div><div>

had he known he was his own greatest enemy?</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>

Oh my lovely, if only he had known,</div><div> </div><div>

how grand it is to seize the stars-</div><div> </div><div>

the sun, the moon, venus and mars.</div><div> </div><div>

My sugar, maybe he wouldn't have had to depart.</div>

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