Just a Little Short of Perfection

All I wanted was a lasting connection

Perhaps just a little short of perfection

But for the slow human dissection

All that hidden pain behind detection,

The scars you carried with you

That you inflected right back on a few

There was no sea of sky so blue

So many past regrets upon which to chew,

The human mind constantly in a grind

Grumbling over whatever it can find

Searching for that spirit dance to bind

Leaving all that pain far behind,

Each one of us attempting that walk

Over that sacred hallowed rock

Don’t scream just use a gentle knock

Try to understand but please don’t mock,

The journey on course like a submarine

Overcome by emotions and weird scenes

The hopes in life and such dreams

All those prophetic schemes,

Oh that celestial connection

Please not another course correction

Trapped in a delusional intervention

Meant to be more than a spontaneous erection,

But the years tarnish that newish glow

Those feelings you got from your head to your toes

Become mired in a world of woe

The heat of attraction trapped in fallen snow,

Memories no longer delicate and fair

Recollections that can be spared

Feelings that were once meaningful and shared

Fall from an icy summit in despair,

Yes, my Dear of course I cared

But, I wasn’t the one who had that affair

When time and tenderness ended right there

What was once love becomes a nightmare.