A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.

Leonard Cohen

sometimes i think
we could've could've could've
lived beside the ocean
beyond our past
i really think
we could've could've could've
gone on like this
still dreaming of your
mouth
empty and hollow with all
the pain you took away
i really really think
we could've could've could've
been two stars scuttling
across the dusk
leaving behind
everything we've ever known
and done to each other
i'm certain we could've could've could've
found ourselves
swimming past the darkness
clutching to the back-less backs
of each other snuggling
for warmth against an ontario sky.