Negativity Will Not Stay
There’s a light on in your house today.
But, you’re not there. You’ve gone away.
I wanted so for you to stay—– to stay.
You seemed so distant and far away.
I couldn’t give you a reason to stay.
The little things, they mean alot.
They give hope where there is not.
But, negative things hang on & rot.
Though one of us may have forgot.
I’m sorry to say—- that I forgot.
Communication opens up the door.
It allows us to get to the very core.
Then neither needs to feel sore.
Before it turns negative some more.
Not discussing it is what I abhor.
Friends ask me where you’ve gone?
They never ask why it took so long.
They don’t know what went wrong.
They know I’m singing a different song.
Ever since they know you’ve been gone.
Where is it that you needed to go?
Just away from me is all I know.
It could have been a different show.
We needed to take it really slow.
Then, at least, we both would know.
I’m cashing in on promises of yours.
Driving by is one of my daily chores.
I’ve found mine. Have you found yours?
If you have you’ll be home, of course.
Then we’ll become a mighty force.
The two of us will become as one.
Sharing our love under the sun.
Blending together like coke and rum.
No more negatives will ever come.
We will both know: You are the one.———R. W. Johnson—–(2014)