Do not tease
Me for I
Will bark and
Growl do not
Poke me for
I will lunge
Do not tease
Me for I
Will strike quickly
Instead soothe me
For my words
Are venom meant
To cause paralysis
Do not tease
Me for I
Will bark and
Growl do not
Poke me for
I will lunge
Do not tease
Me for I
Will strike quickly
Instead soothe me
For my words
Are venom meant
To cause paralysis
So few understand
Me many think
By reading these
Words they know
But I’m like
A pond both
Still and prone
To iciness don’t
Skate on my
Chill instead tread
Softly because while
You may crack
My thin layer
I will seduce
You pulling you
Under instead swim
In my summerness
Where warmth and
Soothing water will
Leave you buoyant
You entered my
Life like spring
Full of blossom
And promise next
You were like
Summer full of
Sunshine and heat
Now we’ve cooled
Like the crisp
Winds of Autumn
Full of color
And next we’ll
Behave like winter
Complete with celebration
And the warmth
Of togetherness until
Then let us
Enjoy each other
Like the seasons
As they come
I don’t write
To you anymore
Though thinking I
Do I wonder
If this absence
Is like far
Off thunder warning
Of storms or
If you’ve simply
Evaporated like a
Tide pool in
The blazing sun
Of my mind
The thought of
You brings some
Joy like cloud
Bursts on the
Dog days of
Summer but mostly
Questions like a
Dog at the
Fence wondering if
The bus will
Bring Jack or
Jill back home