i wake on the floor, on my back,
i must have fallen, my toes ache with cold,
the sky is lightening but the sun is not up
today i am glad to rise and greet the day
the shelves of books, three deep and
counting
rising in stacks against the wall, a universe of words
strung together, waiting for you
the backup plan, the second chance,
plot, climax, epilogue
i want to save this time of happiness for when you will
remember it,
before life is an endeavor
here, in the dark, we will read Adrienne Rich
play word games,
sing, sang, sung,
invent new ways to explain ourselves to the world,
to our selves, to you,
who will hear me
today i page though the thesaurus,
onion-skin pages with words
that will never be enough
to slake my thirst
and later that night, dreaming,
i paper the walls,
enigma, autumn, eloquent, wonder,
someday the light will shine through my skin
and i will leave this body reluctantly,
lighter than the
sky
Author notes
with italics: http://sunshinegypsy.deviantart.com/art/the-introduction-101868246
my two fav things. sophie and writing.
also, i promise to catch up on reading everyone else's poems soon. my life is nuts. in a good way.
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More than deserving.
"rising in stacks against the wall, a universe of words
strung together, waiting for you
the backup plan, the second chance,
plot, climax, epilogue"
what a fresh way to summarize a library/life.
Excellent work.
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oh wow the ending is beautiful.
bewwwtifull<3.
Horray for nuts in a good way!
"invent new ways to explain ourselves to the world,"
thats very true, very creative & just utterly fantastic i love it.
♥
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yay. i'm glad. i think we're all a little nuts in a good way to be writing
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I think Mr. Andreas needs a little credit here...
This: "i want to save this time of happiness for when you will
remember it"
I think about it a lot. I have so many children in my life, and I'd like to think I'm making a difference or something cliche like that but... in all reality, they probably won't remember much.
But, I guess at the end, I'd rather say I tried than say I could have but didn't.
Oh, and I love the onion-skin pages. I have a Bible like that and it makes me not want to read it. It's too fragile. (but, of course, I find myself fingering it over and over again as I contemplate Matthew 25 or whatever the day brings...)
I think maybe I should be done talking now. I'm a little starved for human contact.
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OHMYGOD. i didn't even notice. *faints* i read too much. how embarrassing. it is a good line. it's funny how when it comes too easy it feels like cheating... cause sometimes it is! the good news - i don't think he'll mind. i'll just be sure to never publish it.
it's funny how this is the happiest time in my life, and how happy she is, and my mom tells me that i was just like that, but i can't remember it. it feels like a gyp that i'll be the only one who remembers how great this all is/was. and telling just isn't the same. cause i'd've never believed anyone until i knew for myself. sigh.
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i can never find words as perfect as yours.
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yay. thank you
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"and later that night, dreaming,
i paper the walls,
enigma, autumn, eloquent, wonder,
someday the light will shine through my skin
and i will leave this body reluctantly,
lighter than the
sky"
this is excellent, Kate...god, it's good to read something new from you again...
bookmarking this.. I love what you did with the wall paper...
=)
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i have big white walls in my apartment and a friend gave me butcher paper that i've hung up. i make notes, words i love, poem fragments. i love it.
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oh my god that is so neat<3.
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