Blackout Poetry Notes

She Fell

He turned 
and he looked at her -
the hands,
the face,
the voice...
she fell hard for him.

Somewhere in our brains
sat the goodness of life.
Look here,
let's forget and 
head to knowledge.

I rushed
I couldn't sleep
it was home, and work again.
The passage of time itself had left my life.
It had never occurred to me -
it was too late.

The world is upside down.
I realized
our children would think
the madness and senseless nightmare
endless.

Wine tumbled out into
little pools to sip
with eager relish.

How could I sleep
on a summer night
the sky starless and heavy,
A velvet drape drawn over me.

Be careful, my darling,
in the city -
a place where men are
distracted by beauty.

It will do me good
to write among
kind-hearted people.

Rise to fate and equal it.
Fill empty space with substance
and with infinite
soul-exploratory life.

I thought I'd fall in love -
at least that's what
I thought then.
I was a fool in no time.