If You're About To Destroy Yourself Over A Lady...

I once had a woman
I changed towns for
ran fifteen blocks
punched a man,
died, rose again
and bled like rain for

she gave birth to my first poems.

Now when I see her
and look into her eyes,
it's like looking
through one window
across the street
through another window
when it's raining shit

you can't see a thing

If you have had
an unhappy love affair,
I just want to tell you
the best is yet to come.

              Gary McCormick