The Wall
(For Roger Waters)

I loved you, the way jewels are left unclaimed on the ocean floor. I loved you forevermore, and I knew all along that such a place does not exist. I loved you, the way a pike devours a frog when it is not watching, you know how fast they can get out of the way. I loved you night and day, I loved you in those solitude hours when the only noise is fear. I loved you till I could no longer admit I didn’t. And I loved you still, quiet like a rolling brook. Heavy like the dreams of children without children’s dreams.