Dark day

Dark day 

I cried

leave me alone

alone in my cave

to paint on the walls

dark pictures of plumes

I can’t sleep anymore and I cry a lot

my eyes are filled with tears

she said

I know, I know, my dear, my dear

I want to take those hands in mine

and put my lips on them

I said 

my lips are soft  

and sullenly swollen

with tears of regret 

for those lost years

she said

I understand

and I 

am sorry