You open my mind
like a stick of incense
opens my senses to a world of imagination--
where there is no war,
and no world of fear or hate,
or blood shed over bullshit.
A piece of you
brings peace to me
for as long as I get to stare into your eyes,
or hold your hand,
or kiss you anywhere I want to
because we’re close.
But then you go home
and I’m left with thoughts of reality.
Fuck reality, it’s just too much.
So I burn another stick,
the fragrance soothes me for a little while
as I lay dying to hit rewind
and playback in slow mo a couple of times
what I had before you went home.
My brain is now swelling,
at least it’s not my clit,
like it did when you teased me with those rosy pink lips,
but at least then I was thoughtless.
My only sanity was the sense you made to me.
My only love was the love you made to me.
There’s an inch of stick to go.
I’m missing you like crazy again.
I miss you like Doug Funny and pogs
and playing hide and seek around the neighborhood
at midnight,
cause there was nothing to be afraid of
in the 90's.
I’m not half as innocent as I was back then,
but maybe a little more naïve,
to believe that I could just
lay in your arms all night
and wake up
and be safe the rest of my life.
But I guess it’s the ambition inside of me
that makes me want to make us work at any cost.
too bad I’m broke and broken
and need your love like the cure for cancer.
I’d sing you a song if I thought you’d listen.
No matter. If thought counted, we’d be married
with a house, a car, 2.5 kids, and a puppy.
Forget the picket fence,
it doesn’t protect, it only keeps us in…
but then again, I’d like to spend forever stuck with you.
My home would be yours, and yours, mine.
And I wouldn’t have to lay dying to hit rewind
or playback in slow mo a couple of times
what we had before you went home…
cause you’d come home to me.
Author notes
[I'd stare at the sun for you, allow myself to go blind, because your face is etched in my mind anyway]
7. Love... thing...
A contest entry
- I Miss You by remembering Jo.
450 points, ended July 15, 2008, 28 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Emotionally powerful
This write was a pleasure to read, everything you say is so true, everything about this poem is so awesome. Thank you for bringing yourself to my attention.
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though the mechanics are iffy
i liked it
it reminds me of my relationship
it's long distance
there is a lot of alone time -
'But I guess it’s the ambition inside of me
that makes me want to make us work at any cost.
too bad I’m broke and broken
and need your love like the cure for cancer.
I’d sing you a song if I thought you’d listen.
No matter. If thought counted, we’d be married
with a house, a car, 2.5 kids, and a puppy.'
that's my favourite stanza... I don't know why, but it really stood out, I think this really described love without being cliched
Thanks for your entry
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WOW!!! I could have written this at this point in my life!! Incredibly descriptive of a shitty situation that I know all too well. Really nice though. Honestly this poem has resonated with my feelings more than anything I have read or heard for a very very long time! Well done!!
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