365 Handmade Books: Painted Songs, Day 180

Center page, Book 180

About one third of the books created during the month of June contain fragments of I Never Thought I'd be the One, one of my original poems. Here it is:

I never thought I’d be the one to break your heart.

I never thought I would be the one to make you cry.

I never thought I’d be the one to make you say never again.

Cuz I love you more than anything in the world.

I never thought I’d be the one to make you deny loving again.

Build a wall around you, never let anyone in.

A wall so resilient a canon could not penetrate.

I never thought I’d be the one to put that bitter

taste in your mouth no amount of sweets could dissolve.

I never thought you would call me monster when

honey and darling used to pour from your lips.

I never thought we would end up like this: distant and apart.

So far from each other that breath moves slowly,

becoming foreign and cold. Cuz I love you more than

I love myself.

I never thought I’d see your beautiful green eyes turn purple from pain.

Bruising, seeping through your brain.

Blood weeping from cuts only love can shear.

A rugged sickle scoring destruction and havoc until all emotions disappear.

Cuz I love you more than life itself.

More than the air I breathe.

More than death’s desire for life.

I never thought I’d be the one to put a plastic

bag on my face and inhale until there was

no more you.

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