Dust Devil

 

 

 

Spin baby, spin.

 

You came

out of nowhere,

and led me on.

 

I saw you

far away

in the distance,

and drove

like a madman

to get inside you.

 

You looked

so definate,

powerful,

and I knew you

wouldn't let me down.

 

I risked so much

just to be near you,

bouncing along,

bottoming out,

unable to see what

was right in front of me

because you had me,

all of me.

 

It was thunderous.

 

And I was getting

so close to knowing

you from within.

 

But then you started

to change.

 

You began

to become

smaller and

more transparent.

 

At first, I couldn't

believe it, but

eventually I had to

admit it.

 

You're magic was

leaving you.

 

So, I risked even more,

desperate to touch

you before your time

was over.

 

And then you began

to come back to me.

 

But only for a short time.

 

And when I finally reached

the place that should have

been ours, there was nothing.

 

No sound.

 

No smell.

 

No visual trace.

 

 

Only subtle displacement.

 

 

And I wept,

because I knew:

 

You would have been the best ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/27/02