Kassie’s Song

She writes in blank Bibles,

she lets dreams loose to play,

and knows her love is wasted

if she won’t give it away.

It can’t be squandered,

and it can’t even wait,

because Kassie knows, love has

an expiration date.

She never goes missing

thought she’s often gone,

from here and there, now and then,

she leaves lives on a dare.

She leaves houses, she leaves pain,

she’s often missing, but

she’s never gone.

Slips into other houses

and turns on all their lights,

she eats in their kitchens

and patches up their fights.

She gives to get everything

she’s ever had,

she plays the game

and she knows,

love and life are all the same.