could one know
a different love
yes
he said
every day
inside twin decades
would he
when near her
love with a certain fever
when then again
apart
sometimes days
forever years
would his yearn
bring silence
his knees
scarred within a ritual
a pleading nightmare …
then one day go home
a different world
until abandonment
complete its turn.
©️ Scott F Savage 3/2020