UnkindlyYours

And maybe one day I will wake up 

and maybe I won’t want to die, 

tears will stop rolling down my face 

and I will get up to go see outside

 ***

If the whole world really did end

could you find me in other life times 

You really ought to smell the flowers

and open your eyes to night sky 

Beause I will find you in the starlight 

and we will go dancing on moon beams 

***

You won’t have to travel to Boston

and forget that your home isn’t Austin 

You’ll finally see just how I smile 

and we can then laugh for a while 

And lovers will mend your heart broken

Then we will all live and go floating 

I have etched in my soul your bright smile

And use your eyes as a reference you know

To remind me Your green is the gold 

***

And when I drip into the water –

and it turns into pink from maroon 

I hope it’s the shade of your cheeks 

the first time that you knew you loved me 

***

And when I’m no longer your sunshine 

You go surf the waves for day 

Find me in the light on the water 

When even your blue skies turn grey 

***

Now I am broken no longer as your freckles they rest in my hand 

And it was never just hot sauce 

but a lesson in love learned too late 

***

So anyway, I guess I’ll live.

Unkindly yours,

A. J. Mercer