“Killed”

I’ve been killed by love

I’ve been killed by you

One: an aloof butterfly, brilliant in color, yet…

Weaving a fluttering unpredictable path, leaving me…

Unprepared and unknowing

(Without the power of prediction)

One: parasitic armed with scathing, painted…

Black and biting but balanced with just enough –

Painkillers to stay the revolution

(an impasse blocking the solution)

I have been killed twice

Once by love

And once by you

May 2006