She never noticed

Neoglory fades so slowly

In her eyes

And in my mind

It is a pine

Felled by ax

Pulled by twine

Defy my quiet eyes

She never noticed

She never saw me

Though She always found my hand

She tried

Too hard

i cried

Too soft

Both died

Too quiet

Challenge my quiet eyes

She never noticed

i, Love

Bane and lost dove

Her, another picture on the shelf

Rummage through

Don’t care

No one should too

Ignore my quiet eyes

She never noticed

She died, for now

When will she return

-Alive half, or full

Bartender fills her cup

Lipstick stains clear the glass

Lost in Columbus, paradox of thought

The cup

Empties itself

Truly it fought

Avoid my quiet eyes

She never noticed

She tosses her mail

Ball and chain

Over shoulder and tail

i, he

Learn what she misread then

She will not send

Can not

Read again

Illiteracy to which rend

Knowledge is no cure

A poison

Like hyperbole

I set my lure

Flee my quiet eyes.

She never noticed

The mail stacks up

Outside the dust door

Fires rage and fall

i, it, they, are gone

But were they here

Do not cry nor smile on sunset or dawn

Be it yours or mine

Fear it once again

Set my quiet eyes