By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 19 October 1999

Wasted Urgency

he knows his art so very well
        creating
   out of a certain hell
       a charming
         wicked
       fairy tale
     and the spell
        he cast
      on this virgin queen
        was not designed
     to destroy
        and demean
   but things go wrong
      even in the
      sweetest of dreams

   oh fantasy
   oh sure way out
   what is this existence
      all about

 I'm waiting for you
    and your answer
   as I swim around
    in deep nights
  only a masochistic warrior
    would willingly
    dive into

  can you break
    the code
   and save me
   before this thing
    devours me
  maybe not
  my blessings
    regardless
  today and beyond
  I think I'll remember in cool stupor
      at the pond.