DAY ONE

   " DAY ONE "                  TIM WILLIAMS           2ND JUNE 2015

I RATTLE AROUND THIS EMPTY SHELL OF A HOUSE
A LONELY, DESOLATE,OUTCAST OF A FIGURE
CONVERSING OUT LOUD WITH MY FRACTURED HEART,
THE WORDS REBOUND OFF COLD WALLS UNANSWERED,
AS A SOLITARY TEAR ETCHES A WET SCAR ON
A FACE THAT IS NOT EVEN A STEAMED UP MIRRORS FRIEND

I LOOK UPON THE SILENT COMPACT DISC PLAYER
WITH IT'S MOUTH YAWNING 
THE DISC INSIDE IS SOMETHING I CANNOT PLAY 
WITHOUT YOU TO WALTZ AROUND THE KITCHEN WITH,
EARLIER TODAY AS WE DROVE CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT
FOR YOUR DEPARTURE,
THE RADIO PLAYED " MISS YOU " AS A TORMENTING GESTURE
HOW TRUE STEVE TYLERS WORDS ARE NOW

IT FEELS AS IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
HAS SUCKED OUT ALL THE GOODNESS , WARMTH AND LOVE
YOU BRING TO OUR NEST OF A HOME AND
LAUGHINGLY REPLACED IT WITH A
VAPOROUS COLD FOG,
THAT I SURVEY THROUGH CLOUDED EYE'S
THERE IS NOTHING LEFT FOR ME HERE WITHOUT YOU IT FEELS

THE BED WILL BE BIG AND FROZEN WITHOUT YOU WITH ME TONIGHT
MY ARMS WILL HAVE ONLY THE DARK NIGHT AIR TO HOLD
MY SKIN WILL BE COLD TO THE TOUCH
NO HOTWATER BOTTLE IN THE WORLD
COULD WARM MY INTEMPERATE BODY
FOR THE LOSS OF HEAT STEMS FROM MY HEART AND SOUL

AS MY HEART IS WITH YOU SO FAR AWAY
AND MY SOUL SEARCHES FOR IT'S COMPANION
AND THIS IS JUST DAY ONE