By Ali
Date: 2007 Aug 16
Comment on this Work
[[2007.08.16.17.10.1607]]

Matter

I let it go, I let it go--
and now I can't,
and I can't
take it back, either.  
There was too much allure,
then not enough, just inverted sound
in the space of "what-if"--
so I called you,
and left you a message
I can't take back.  

I like you. (I love you.)
I miss you.  I need more.
I know--
if you truly care...
it won't matter that I'm bruised,
it won't matter that I'm impulsive,
it won't matter that I'm a just shy
of tomorrow's train wreck.
It won't matter,
but I do.