invitation only

I didn't want you here
that was obvious
the week-end would not have been a sharing moment
love comes and goes too quickly between us now
so let's take some time out
wait until you don't bring your office
to my house, three hundred miles away

it didn't used to be that way
you came and went as you pleased
our love was free and easily shared
and we were both sad
when our togetherness came to a close
tearful farewells
phone calls from the train
well, I still call every trip you take

then came the dwindling times
lasted several years
silence responded eagerly when your computer
saw more of your eyes than I did
unselfish, I muttered no hurtful words
what good would they have done
then or now
but we have less to say, you have to admit

today it's better to make an appointment
my schedule has often become busy on saturdays
and we tread on each other's nerves more and more
to spend too much time together without quality controls
no, I'll not yet send an engraved card
like they do for gallery openings
or premiers at the opera
where we don't go anyway
"in three weeks I'll be free and I'd like to do more
than just think of you…"
yes, it's a pity that our love has evolved
into petty mundaneness
I hope it won't be
a quick step from imaginary cards
to the mailman delivering a note
saying "invitation only"



invitation only
7 march, 2006