You Sure Didn't Waste Any Time

By Stone Bryson

 

Going through the amazement…

of meeting you,

an artistic, display in my eyes.

Hope and desire

shine from you,

as you approach me, without a disguise.

The look on your face is open and true

your voice, a harmonious chime.

You tell me, you want me

to give you a call…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the challenge…

of learning you.

a complex, display in my mind.

Intelligence and sense

pour out of you,

as conversation, continues all night.

The tone of discussion begins to shift gears

as we stare at the morning’s first light.

You tell me, you want me

to take you right now…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the passion…

of seducing you,

a shattering, display on black sheets.

Fire and hunger

consume you,

as your violent convulsions repeat.

The calm after the storm is so peaceful,

the moment, too perfect to rhyme.

You tell me, want me

to tell you I love you…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the joy…

of dating you,

a contented, display of pure light.

Strength and selfishness

roll from you,

as two begin to share one sweet life.

The time spent together is harmony

with heaven, so near in our sights.

You tell me, you want me

to propose to you…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the confusion…

of understanding you,

a contradictory, display of your soul.

Passion and indifference

interchange in you,

as you put, my desire on hold.

The suspicion is written all over my face,

the panic, boils up in your eyes.

You tell me, you want me

to just give you some space…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the anger…

of catching you,

a horrific, display in our car.

Nakedness and sweat

surround both of you,

as rage, flares up in my heart.

The nerve you display is quite uncommon

as though I’ve, committed the crime.

You tell me, want me

to leave you alone…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the heartache…

of losing you,

a painful, display of once shared.

Contempt and displeasure

seeps from you

as you tell me that you’ve never cared.

The tears that spring up are unwelcome

blurring, my hope and my sight.

You tell me, you want me,

to forget about us…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the motions…

of watching you,

a shameless, display on the mall.

Flirting and smiling

radiates from you.

as mankind, embraces your call.

The pain that I’ve felt begins to dissolve,

the fire, you’d started has died.

You tell me, you want me

to ignore you…

well, you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Going through the amazement…

of meeting you again,

a pathetic, display to behold.

Time and your lifestyle has

caught up with you

as you appear, used up and old.

The passion I’d felt seems so out of place

with the creature that I have in sight.

I tell you, I’ve wanted you

to go straight to hell…

and you sure didn’t waste any time.

 

Copyright © 2004 Stone Bryson.  All Rights Reserved.

Written July/2001

 

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