Little Boy Genius

Your genius
Locked away in this
Blue and yellow malaise
But I could see it anyway
Repeatedly

The abnormalities of your
Normal life
Laid bare
Spotted instantly

Dreaming of those 
Red rock amphitheaters 
That I know so
Intimately

As middle age grays and settles
and settles
and settles
Infinitely

Eyes of desire
Grasping a phantom
Pure fire
Of what can never be said
Explicitly

So there is nothing to do
But relinquish this love
That continues to burn
Passionately

Little boy genius
Oh little boy genius
What a beautiful man
You've become