The Trap


I gently push
                    my lonely door.

  Slowly creep
                      into my lonely home.

   Wearily slip
                     into my lonely bed.

   Eagerly chase
                        after my lonely thoughts,
                                my lonely dreams.

   Solemnly wake
                           into my lonely dawn.

   Despairingly embrace
                                     my lonely life,

                                                           yet again.


Summer 1996