the blacktop

I will break your heart my love
I am a feral jackrabbit
staring down the onrushing headlights wild eyed
In desperation I will leap at any opportunity that seems to provide a way out
I wait in fear
Until impulse moves me to fearlessness
I won’t be tamed, crushed, or quenched
by the status quo I desperately crave
but will never posess.
Aware of the futility of my request
I admonish you to refocus the dear love you’ve bestowed upon me in error
upon some less foolish beast
who might properly honor you
as you so rightly deserve.