She and Me

The greatest news for a long time

Was when I heard she “IS DEAD!”

She was the graveyard of my youth

The leprosy you can’t endure

Right now, I am dozing between belief and disbelief

I remember how she made pain work over time with me

Night and day, my head was lost in the fog

My tears fall like rain before I could cry

She has a heart forged of iron

And her love was full of acid, sulfuric and nitric

I never knew this from the onset

Till she made me eat the bread of sorrow

Tonight, I pray God to grant me a belated solace

And I don’t care to skip work today.