Intermittent Sleep

Intermittent Sleep

Junkyard dog, loved but abandoned

Skirting the edge of self-pity

Licking wounds empty of kisses

Blood flowed easy from missteps

And after adrenaline when they picked the fight

Unearned guilt forced sadness, it’s never right

The winds of life ridden by decisions

Innocence and ignorance cause romantic delusions

Belief that the hands outstretched would never hit

Belief that there’s benevolent destiny for gentility

But rude awakenings waited

And reality is loneliness on an island non-existent

So the toughness became unrepentant

Confusion when kindness and a loving hand touches

Not knowing what to do is their indictment, then the realization

But it’s late now and, yearning for another chance somehow