Fugitive Song (A response to Rainer Maria Rilke)

Just because love and loss Forces the song from your lips Does not make it a good song That ain't the trick Words can be so carelessly constructed They can be toppled with a kiss Do they cling so honestly To the one that you address? Fugitive song Come home to me Fugitive song Come home to me Will I chase the spirit Through blinding defeat? Or do I simply wait To pinch the leaflet? Wisdom sifting through the breeze I feel the space between all things Is this just an excuse For poetic distance? Fugitive song Come home to me Fugitive song Come home to me You hold your guitar Like a rebel exile You just gleaned the suffering From the 21st century What happened to dance? And the freedom of any ism? You know it found the underground And a taste for cannibalism! Fugitive song Come home to me Fugitive song Come home to me Come home to me Come home to me