The saddest smile I ever saw

It was fall when she left me the message

and it was much colder when she called back

I told her I would meet her

for a drink

she agreed and picked the place

and like any other woman about any other thing

she needed to talk

herself into it

I listened and watched my drink sweat

as I tried not to drink it

too fast

So she wouldn’t know that I really needed to.

Then after she worked everything over

she decided

that it was all going to be

She told me to smile

Said she never sees me smile

anymore

and that after all

she promised

that everything was going to be

So I looked at her and

I watched as she tried to show me how

and that

was the saddest smile I ever saw

I live on the edge of bourbon creek

I was born here years ago

and then it happened again last week

as I prayed for winter to go

I stay fixed on the flowing waters

I let it paint my eyes lids black

and the cool around me get hotter

As I pray for everything to come back