And there

In lies

My chagrin

A promise

Made too

Soon whispered

Words heavy

As stones

Rubble upon

Which to

Build or

Stumble perhaps

A wall

Or a

Foundation or

Nothing at

All now

And in

A hammock

You swayed

All pink

And black

Sky blue

And trees

You showed

Me and

We talked

About nothing

Is that

Where love

Lies in

Sky and

Trees or

In nothing

And up

We walked

To my

Bedroom your

Hand placed

Lightly on

The small

Of my

Back guiding

Me up

Crutches on

Arm behind

Me from

Falling which

By now

You already

Know that

I have

And in

The hollows

A boy

Heard a

Bark a

Growl a

Jeer a

Yelp and

Carried his

Dog lifeless

In his

Arms laying

Him on

The stones

To say

Goodbye when

The dogs

Heart stopped

So did

The boy

Never to

Beat again

And what

Do I

Do with

The sand

Which was

Once my

Heart that

Now drips

Through my

Fingers how

Do I

Scoop it

Up gather

It form

It and

Place it

Back or

Do I

Build castles

And sit

Alone and

Recall times

When we

Built them

Together to

Ward off

Armies sit

With me

And play