Love songs are never simple.

shall i remember her name
shadow light kiss
the sweetest lips
an earth reflection
in metal form
long moon night
wanting to fall in love
but
torn fingerprints and shattered eyes
hidden within
a lost boy's sighs
battle tried
never cried
a world prayed him
into a mirror's underside
where birth and belief
black dirt cover
empty night revisions
if they steal your name
how does one
remain the same
a long train ride
her long hair youth
close to my side
was she too young to decide
to believe or not
so
with an empty road before me
a kiss good-bye
a boy cried
quiet inside
long highway dance
gave a boy a chance
to dare
ice summer sky
shattered mirror
mountain fall
thin air so clean
so rich
snow water pond
clear blood ink
a poet torn
if to love
a lone sea shell worn
if to believe
if to remember her name
where far highways remain
broken
a sea shell
in an empty hand
laying shadow across those
too long roads
where only a poet
dares remain
always remembering
her
sweet earth moon-light rain

- jude