"What I Needed To Say"

Our Love In A War

Crisp fragments of my heart lie dead at my feet
All around me is barren and a dry cold eats at my face
This is a war zone

There are more excuses than sides to choose
But still there is firepower prominently clouding my focus
I forget where I am shooting my insults now and wait for
the dust to settle

Bloody cries escape the wounded
and fragments of war are scattered over the landscape of my mind
The worst is over
But I am still waiting for the beating thump of victory in my chest
Instead I am sucked into deafening silence

This is where I lay
Wounded before you as my hand was on the trigger
But now you have silently, mysteriously ended it.

All is barren, cold and dead where our love flourished
Where I lived and now die
In the mess of our abandon, betrayal, and pain
I still love you