fatigue sets the table

i walk between

ankle and toe

stepping over veinous valleys

mountain ales quench

between tongue tips and teeth

to hold you beneath any

great deal of me seems a

definite moment

of betrayal, of bewilderment

begging to be broken by

beginnings

but once you start and head on

i see not one lasting minute of

forgiveness

i only find it difficult to apologize

just before we kiss

i only find it difficult to kiss

when you don't know i am apologizing