Suspended Love

All at once, with the blink of my eyes,

I was forced to grow beyond you and your disguise.

You string me up above Proctor’s Ledge,

At once I know, my life is close, on the edge.

While the tightening rope jackhammers the heart in my chest,

I collapse under the weight of failed loves duress.

Crying out in my head for where I went wrong,

The voice in my head echos “It’s time to move on”.

To afraid to let go, so I fight back for hope ,

As your fists betray me with each pull of the rope.

Suspending my trust, while you get high on desire,

With each gasp of breath, I begin to expire.

”You’re killing me…us” I muster at last,

but behind your eyes nothing but shallow glass.

Coyly you remove the mask from your face,

& with the final tug of your wrist, our hearts erase.