eyes that wont let go

eyes that wont let go
_________

I told her
(forever ago)
I wouldn't
wait very
long...

but I'm still
waiting..

holding on
to a half-truth
and the promise
of eventually
which seems
further away
each day.
_

She's the
kind of
Girl who
reminds
men of
their first
True Love..

The one
you can't
get over..
because
Her Eyes
won't let
go once
they have
consumed
you..and
spit out The
Heart like
a marrowless
bone.

(She is
The Mother
of Love
Sonnets,
Madness,
Joy, and
Suicides.)
_

The waiting
and Hoping
is Torture...

like digging
out a splinter
with rusty
tweezers..

it seems to
hurt more
the closer
it gets to
the surface..

and Hope
is probably
the WORST
thing you can
Know.

(when it's
the last illusion
to go.)
_

So I'm not
going to sit
here waiting
much longer..

(though I
told myself
that Forever
Ago.)

Life is too
short..

(I've thought
long and hard
about it.)

and it's far
too easy
to lose your
mind swimming
in memories
of your First
True Love.

(when she has
eyes that won't
let go.)

J.S.H.