"Catch You Later"

I gave you my love and what do you do?
Wore it like a pair of really cool shoes
Then took them off when they no longer looked good.
I offered it all to you but that was not enough -
My body, my love
The sound of my heart beating in my chest,
The laughter in my smile, the tears of my soul,
The damage in my eyes as you looked down at me
One last time.

Backstage, the band played their set
And you told me I was yours,
Your own little guitar girl
Hot little rhythm chick,
Your teenage love partner.
I never told you that I heard you that night
When you laid upon Mother.
I was alone in the other room.
She wanted your seed
And that's how you made me.
In my mind we were already married, if that's possible,
Already twisted up love between my legs.

Beyond the bass drums and the audience screaming,
I heard the new sounds of our baby crying
As she left my body entering this world
Breathing her first air, waving her new arms
Reaching out for love.

When you finished my hair was all wet from our sweat
And I felt you empty inside me,
Your gift to me and this world.
You looked at me and got up
Then drank from your beer and lit a cigarette.
I knew you had to leave and that was OK.
Your band was on next and I had my future,
My own plans and more than enough to live for
From that point forward.

"You're a cutie," you said and patted my head.
"Catch you later."

11/04