Jackie Triptych

Love so tragic reaps the song so sweet

Wilting melodies torn out from under his feet

The crack of kneecaps to the ground in a forlorn lover's crumble

Echoes like no other seeping lifeblood into sound

Asunder

If you've still got the need

A sound of unending rain within the temple

Undying unheard cries to the night

Futile weeping squeaks of self-drawn fate and

Hatred unduly disguised

Perennially imbibed

A searing love whose smoke we

Still breathe

Walls of my word are

Caving in