The 10 Second Dream

Life lies on earth
Like a field of windmills.
With love as our propellers;
Out of control,
Slicing
everyone and everything.

So I, like millions
Have lost my head
In sweet serenity I died
In your warm embrace,
Reborn
each day.

And from my orbits,
The will of Mars has sprung away
Like feral mouths of animals
Ready to ingest
Everything
that came your way.

And I must admit
I was rudely awaken
From my exquisite shallow pain
I learned to love
Blisters from work
If your love's the final gain.

For even God knows
And in joy he shakes his head;
And slides a tear
From his alabaster eyes,
Seeing monsters
Fallen in love, in abysmal beds.

And i know I am a monster
For my skin is
Scaly,smooth and hard and black
Coated with wine and drugs and poetry
And many failed attempts of heart attack.

But what is she?
A child of love and heartache
All buried in her dress.
Her mouth strangling damnation
Between lips of cherry red.
Her pace is calm, her voice down toned
And when she laughs,
Divine notes of music unfold.

I only wish my eyes were glass
From the melted windshield
in my heart.
To mirror her,
The way her image seems to last
A sight the centuries would keep
Like ancient treasure from the past.

And if time decides
To take away our chances,
I'll break the matter into pieces.
And in the architectural chaos
We'll surely know,
Who we are missing.

But even the cruel and taunting universe
Has granted certainty to me
That we shall never
Know the meaning
Of monochromatic monogamy.