How Long

How long will love flow like the ocean in me? 

How many tears are left to fill it over and over 

Keep it rushing faithfully 

Senselessly 

Shamelessly 

Predictably 

To you 

How long will my heart be controlled by the moon 

Doing what damage to those who build too close 

It wants, raging dutifully 

Ruthlessly 

Unapologetically 

Inevitably 

For you 

How long will I wait for you to walk my sands 

That were once immortal unbreakable stone

I'm always here, replacing tirelessly 

Impossibly 

Undauntedly 

Amazingly 

The past 

With you 

Write your name in me. 

(c) Colleen Lloyd 

Just now 

Hurricane, Utah 

for Jonathan Garfield