sometimes love goes somewhere ...

Don't Look Back

sometimes love goes somewhere ...

sometimes
love goes somewhere
sometimes squeezes out the bathroom window
with the steam from a hot morning shower
sometimes curls off into the starlit skies
with the smoke of a summer campfire
and if you chance to see it going
be sure to say "goodbye"
"so long" or maybe just "farewell"
unless of course you're in a mood
then just go ahead and grumble
"oh, what the hell"

sometimes
love goes somewhere
sometimes checks out
while you're in the kitchen
making toast
sometimes bolts out the back door
when you're on the front porch
watching the neighbourhood kids
slipping in and out of the twilight
while playing hide 'n' seek
and crashing into trees
or dancing after fireflies just before night

sometimes
love goes somewhere
sometimes catches a bus
and goes downtown
to watch the latest horror flick
sometimes steals the keys to the car
and swaggers over to the McDonald's
drive-thru for a Big Mac
and super-sized fries
then stops in the Legion parking lot
to eat alone
but i guess that comes as no surprise

sometimes
love goes somewhere
sometimes storms out the front door
after a harsh word or two
sometimes floats off
across the lake
on a rubber raft
while you're catching some rays
asleep on the beach
and it never calls back
for help out there
even as it drifts far out of reach

sometimes
love goes somewhere
sometimes kidnaps the kids
you never had
sometimes goes behind your back
and gets a sad tattoo
of a broken heart
inscribed underneath
with the word "Regret"
an ink stain that leaves you breathless
as you crawl helplessly under the bed sheets
and try not to remember what you'll never forget

sometimes
love goes somewhere
sometimes runs away without a reason
and maybe joins the circus
sometimes buys a plane ticket
on the Internet
and flies off to Belize
books into some cheap resort
and for a week or two
drinks just enough local beer
and smokes just enough dirty dope
to erase the hopes it had for you

sometimes
love goes somewhere
sometimes it sleeps
in the other room
sometimes it even elopes
with your ex
and drives to Vegas
to get married at the Church of Elvis
and if all this makes your dreams seem pretty small
just remember that
sometimes
sometimes love goes nowhere at all