Zugzwang

Zugzwang

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

You are like a flower

You’re the rose

Complete with petals and thorns

Makes me hesitant to grab you,

But you grabbed me first

At home in you

Like a shark in the sea,

But even a shark can drown in the sea

Hold me still and see what happens

You’re such a beautiful thing

I should have known you’d break my heart

My life has become a dress rehearsal,

But for a show that’ll never open

No bright lights and flashbulbs

Running out of moves to make

Zugzwang

It doesn’t matter

Not unhappy,

But sad

It’s become my nature

Sad can be beautiful,

But not sadness

The past is gone

The future is not here

Living in the present

With the scars of your thorns in my hands

Salt in my lungs

Passion is a funny thing

Zugzwang

My life got more complicated when you came into it

Life as I knew it is over

Never to return

Trying to learn to walk and talk again

I just want you in my life

It makes it more delightful

I don’t know what you want me to be

There are places I’ll never go again

Without you it’s not as much fun

Zugzwang

A complete accident

A freak occurrence

Enjoy my heart

The one you stole from me

Leaving me these salt filled scars