Hourglass

Hourglass
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9-28-11 [edited on 10-1-11]
9 stanzas

everyone had seen it, you know.
they all saw how i was suffering
under your barrage of thumbs.

no, i will not pity you, so just
don't make it seem like i'm at fault.
you pushed yourself into exile.

you see, i do miss you dearly,
Red Bird with so many red flags,
but your angst phases me not.

i refuse to believe that i failed!
i did not do one fucking thing
that was worth losing us over.

and now i am gazed upon
by eyes that are quick to adore.
he offers, and i stand in limbo.

the way your hand fits like it does
and how routine had etched itself
holds me here in this no-man's-land.

but even he, the patient Shadow,
had seen how i'd hung my head
low at your side every. single. day.

come grovel at my feet if you can.
banish your pride for our sake!
oh, how i wish you would soften.

frustration remains like a disease.
i am an hourglass; i am overturned.
my direction is forever shifting.