Not yet . . .

So close to home it hurts.
Can't leave, not yet . . .
Meanwhile I languish, hoping . . .
for it to end here soon.

And then you came along.
Now there's not enough time.
Can't leave, not yet . . .
Still, so close to home, it hurts . . .

(. . . in this strange, dark place.)

  (w/Nikki's pen
@ WaffleHouse)            --5/23, 6/11/08