Wither

Once, I would have stayed up
If it took you forever
To come back home .
Once, I wouldn’t know what hunger meant
Nor the taste of food
Unless i eat with you.
Do you also remember
The only way i knew to sleep
Is with your arms around me.
But love has a slippery memory
It forgets too soon .
When love wanes
Mistrust enters,
Its eyes of mercy gets blind.
When love withers,
The sheet falls off the buttocks
You sleep alone.

Bose