Love's Surprise



As one door closes, yet another one opens

But the surprise is, it comes in the moping

As mind grapples with all that went wrong

Heart attempts to deal with it in sad songs



When we love too much, inevitably, it crumbles

As our hearts tear, for bodies no longer tumble

And then love lost becomes a larger platform

Upon which we drift with our memories torn



Wondering if we will ever again feel that closeness

Which drove us so, as we shared with abandon blessed 

For the beautiful feelings saturated minds and spirits

As we immersed ourseves in the lovemaking with wit



Playing tenderly with each other's bodies hour after hour

The beauty we each were to the other gave us much power

And as we became bonded in our hearts, building the tower

Showering ourselves with hot fluids from each other's flower



We knew no bounds of time, or even any space dimension

As time and time again, the releases dissolved all tension

And then you finally stopped and came up for some air

But you held it tight in a smile, as I held your face and hair



I wanted you to let me know then how much you cared

But all there was from you was a kind of a blank stare

And the power I'd felt just a few short moments before

Ebbed away - for you'd closed me down, leaving me sore



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

3pm Thurs. Feb. 12th, 1998



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