Joy

Joy was made of carousels

And felt like faded jeans

A natural pearl, free from its shell

She wore her name with ease

I’d known her since I first knew thought

She danced behind my eyes

Captured, without being caught

Of her, I fantasized

Each breath I drew was meant for you

Off you, I drank the morning dew

& now I only see in threes

Of you and me and ecstasy

Each glass I raise is in your name

A thousand toasts, yet you remain

As far away – as happiness

As close to home – as loneliness

Joy & me weren’t meant to be

yet she will haunt me endlessly

& when another takes her place

It’s Joy I’ll feel with each embrace