is.

you take your soju soaked heart
and tell me
weepingly
"SEE."

but ive got salt in my eyes
and so i only see mine

i have no
control
over songs written
or hours passed...
(god id give anything to go back
to something
that i never really could
stop)
(and if i could
would i have?
knowing all that i know now?)

(but YOU could have) (or maybe not)
(but...
YOU
really
could/should
have)

and maybe
its not that "maybe not"
that so maybe
makes all this
oh so very
maybe not
ok

...

but you
you just
you...
lay that heart of yours
right down on the grill
and i just stare at the ignite switch
(off)
or
(on)
i cant
decide.

you didnt rob me
of my life
i see that
tonight...

what you robbed me of
was

you.


kim thompson. seoul. s.korea written 1 or 2am sun. 28 aug 11.