its a parallel universe.
his hand mirrors mine,
a perfect unison
under ripples of cool water.
the jellyfish dives in, and it's my body
just under the surface,
protected in a sunfish
aureole.
the things swim in and out of the barrier,
and it wriggles in tentacles
as images reappear
and reapper
i stick my hand through,
and firey fingers grip at my wrists.
bite in,
slide in,
listen to my painful laughter
and turn it into tears.
on the other side of the universe,
a boy is feeling the ice pinch his wrists.
my fingers meet his,
and for a moment,
our blood touches the oceans.
waves of torment and happiness,
sorrow and joy,
terror and fantasy.
lead me on an adventure,
into the woods.
anywhere,
but take me anywhere but here.
i'm ready to follow you into the light,
for that's the true evil.
anything that burns when you walk into it,
crawls under your skin like worms
and stretch to the surface to chafe your skin.
three frozen fingertips
hit the aureole,
and the sunfish ripples away.
just in that instant, the universe conforms,
and he disappears from me.
what an incredible way to lose a friend,
lose a satellite.
lose a lover.
no matter what, the sunfish will come back.
guitars will burn,
and barns will shred.
it doesn't matter.
life goes on,
the sun still burns,
and flowers still burst.
Author notes
I don't particularly like some of the lines in this one, but I really do like the image and the feeling that it gives. I know that the grammar is poor (nothing is capitalized), but I did that on purpose. Now I'm watching my grammar and whatnot closely in my comment. This is kind of a love poem, I suppose, but it's more about the pain of separation. I had a boyfriend that lived about 100 miles from me, and I had one of those gutwrenching dreams about him last night, one where something really bad happened to him--and wrote this just this morning. Enjoy.
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Comments
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Well, I love it. Great job... and at least you acknowledge the fact that you didn't mind the grammar. I really feel for you, I can somewhat relate. The guy I like is out of my league, and it seems like he's just far away all the time. Lovely work.
-Skye
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