Do you know you will leave me?
I knew it the first time I met you.
For you are a moth
and I am a burning candle.
You will fall in love with another man
with clear bright eyes.
Strong and faithful like you deserve.
They will be fathers and husbands
with no penchant for red wine
or infidelity
their purpose will be strong
Their poetry will be written by someone else
Mine has always fallen from my passions.
you will fall into their arms.
and I will go to bed on Saturday nights
with women who don’t know my name.