so many times

so many times, I draw the line
you stepped over just in time
reading into all the rhymes
purveyor of all that could be fine

so many times, I turned to go
all that truth that didn’t show
tossing lines both to and fro
hugging hard and loving slow

so many times, just one more chance
weighing what is circumstance
the queen of hearts asked you to dance
what follows is a wild romance

so many times, I questioned all
it lasts from spring into the fall
you take my heart but drop the ball
the dream not quite as I recalled

with shaded eyes you turn away
live to love another day
I wanted to go and yet I stayed
the queen of hearts now fades away

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License