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Closure's Chokehold
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Lessons Learned 2 a.m., a thunderclap awoke me
And it was then that I never wanted
Your comforting embrace as much
To protect me from the pain of this,
The fears of perpetual loneliness
That are trying to take hold of me.
Then I was back in your arms again
Like I had been just hours before
But I pushed those thoughts away
Just as quickly as they came because
Despite all our acts of intimacy
I now feel so utterly undesirable.
I was naked before you last night
Both physically and emotionally,
But although I lied near to you
You’ve never felt so distant.
And soon my tears would begin
Their steady stream downward.
I thought you could be my guide
Because you once knew me so well
But now by your own admission
You don’t understand me anymore.
So I must reluctantly unwrapped
Your arms around me forever.
Now I understand how you feel:
How all this torrential pain is
Not worth the mists of happiness.
Then suddenly a stranger walked in-
Closure; he put me in a chokehold,
But I knew it was for my own good.
