Slow Drift

That strange, slow drift apart
creeping and intangible.
It's gradual, but you know,
the relationship is undead.
Tottering forward
without warmth, or soul, or pulse.

Happy

"Happy" isn't what she hoped it would be,
love is a mystery - 
desire a depth haunted by
inevitable imperfections.

Strangers

Something about her,
she seemed so sure but
so sad too.
He wanted to know her, and yet,
they were strangers
never to speak to each other.
He couldn't stop staring.

Flesh and Smile

The living human is cursed
hustled along
middle-aged, middle income
stomping along but alive.
Manufactured flesh and smile.

Articulate

Uttering a few unintelligible words
I don't yet possess
the language to articulate
the emotion, the loss, the anger.