By Ali
Date: 2007 Sep 07
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Can't Help but Scream

If I didn't care,
I wouldn't say a word--
I'd let this quietly slip,
let you quietly trip away,
because it wouldn't matter
to me.

But you do, and it does,
so, I don't know where
this leaves us--did I just write our end
or our beginning?  Everything seems covered
in dust, in smoke, in desire--
I don't get angry, and I don't react,
unless I'm passionate, undone
and restless--and I am.

You make me crazy
in a can't-sleep, can't-help-but-scream
kind of way.  And I don't know
if I said too much, when I let it all loose,
because I've been pacing this cage
for too, too long--
and I crave you
more than anything else, ever.

I wonder if you'll mistake my frustration
for an excuse to walk away,
for a reason not to try--
but, baby,
but, love,
if I didn't care,
I wouldn't have said a word.