Don't Dream It's Over

I just wrote

Our happy ending

After the story

Began again 

But happy endings

Are for fairy tales

Not

Tragic romances

There are

Many kinds of love

And now

I may have felt them all

But I hate the sun

More than I love you

Sad but true

I’ve never been good

At grin and bear it 

My grins are scary

Barely masking

Ongoing pain

And inner rage

Besides

We’re supposed

To try for happy

Remember?

I don’t like heat

I don’t like the Sun

Crowds and people

Hikes and carnivals

Maybe on their own

But with heat and Sun

No.

No no no  

The very thought

Makes me sick and angry

I’m sorry

I don’t need a garden or yard

Or neighbors

Ever

But come with me

To the mountains

Or the High Plains

Big Sky Country

You can pick

Prairie flowers

Or

I’ll pick them for you

And we can

Enjoy the air

The cool summers

The peace and solitude

The beauty

Instead of neighbors

We can have dogs

Horses

Maybe inside

I’ll serenade you

We can grow old there

Come with me

And we can try

But if you need the Sun

And want me to bask with you in it

Then this is goodbye.

(4/9/20)