Ain't No Sunshine

I once loved a woman

like she was the sunshine

you know that

early spring sunshine

where you roll your face around in it

like a shower of life

the world felt dark when she left

I once loved a woman

like I was still in love with someone else

like I never knew her

it should’ve been a clue

that first night she slept in my bed

after an evening washed away

with a bottle of sauvignon

that first night she slept in my bed

I don’t remember this but

she said that she caressed my sleeping back

that I turned mouth over shoulder and said

“touch me again and I’ll fucking kill you”

and just rolled over 

and went back  to sleep

I once loved a woman

like I could never love myself again

dead to the touch

unable to sing the song

of spring

and

sunshine

ever again