The Edge of FIne

THE EDGE OF FINE 1/13/2014

don’t leave me on the edge tonight
don’t leave me on the ledge tonight
I never meant to dine and wine you
I never meant to lost and find you
I never meant to fear, I never meant to hear
the words you said in thought
that brought me
to the ledge
to the edge of fine
to a glass of wine
to the brink of thinking
drinking
touching the edge of the glass and making it sing or scream
remember the sound
of a drop on your lips
and I’ve nothing to bring
to this party of two
or one,
or less than not a thing.
just a drop or two
of water, wine, blood or breath
and a word I thought I heard
that it turns out you never said.

don’t leave me teetering on the edge
of never again

because forever began before we met
and forever ended when you left.

Charity