Coal Face

I fidget
inexcusably
twitching with a nervous kindness
black rocks
shining
like mr coal face
mining on the slate
a thousand years to a diamond
Pressure building in a ring.raped of a distinguished
bunion,  buoyed,
I saw jig jagged
leveled, jeweled
told a year old story,
I proposed and she said yes
the ultimate guess
yet not to posses
at least not yet.
they died in the disaster
crumbled slower then faster
just because you said yes
a commitment for life
to become my trouble and strife
an amen of forever
bridesmaid and ushers
in laws and pushers
a cheap bard a que
Shakespearean speech
coals igniting a hamlet sinew
to the bone
of the marrow
inside the stone
no longer will i be alone
for the diamond spoke
she accepted the proposal
clinging finger
forgiven
the coal pressure.
the rare alone.
smile
the acceptance
the band plays
we dance
on shining shriveled
fingers endowed
with a diamond ring
and the crowd sang
as we clapped and then slowed
allowed the audience to stand and applaud.

butterflies don't fall in love with me

I lied to you,
told you I could dance on tables
that i could sing, the lyrics to,
i don't get around much anymore
play tenor sax,
I lied to you
to impress, saying sculpture were easy for me
portraits were a natural art
i could sew you a petty coat
i could captain a boat
wave goodbye to a crowd
i lied to you
i do not know Latin, nor Greek
i cant do calculus or
streak rainbows in the sky
for a child that is not mine
i lied
but be damned by it
i lied for a reason
its simple
i told tales
because i needed you
apologise i do
i can not see the shadows on the moon
nor can i draw down the flames of the sun
i tried to, believe me i did
the sweat was real, the perspire
butterflies don't fall in love with me
thats real.
I am not a liar.