I will open myself to you
and let your sound fall into me
like paint into ceiling cracks
I will learn to ride and love
your unfamiliar rush
the timeless accidental brush of your fingers
on my sweatered arm.
I know I mean something
but when asked
my tongue sticks to my teeth
like our baby girl's eyelids
the second she pulled herself
from your belly
into existence.
I will find my meaning
in the empty space between your eyes,
that solid mysterious nothingness,
that black hole of substance
and pride and experience
I have been dying to dive into and know
as intimately as my own insides.
I know the time will come
when I must cover you with our Mother
and leave you for someone else to enjoy
I will sit jealously by your
hospital bed and covet
each breath you steal from God.
Keep breathing, dear one,
because then I'll know
you've not yet flown away
into Paradise's wings.
But those days still hide behind clouds
you are still a secret to me,
hidden in the stubborn morning mist
of someone else's selfish indifference.
But with every blink of your
colorless eyes
you come closer
and slowly take off tomorrow's cloak
and reveal yourself to me.
I will love you when I know you
and we will dance forever
on the ocean wind.
Author notes
Enjoy and leave some criticism. -R.T
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Comments
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I will love you when I know you.
I too find that phrase very true and very deep. -
you have an amazing talent with words
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seems so loving
but yet something is missing, overall nice poem and well written , thank you for this entry, good luck
Linda
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I will love you when I know you
Really tender, sensitive and intimate poem- nice work.
I especially enjoyed the line
"I will love you when I know you"
I'm not sure why- just says so much about the speaker's relationship to the girl he likes.
"I will open myself to you
and let your sound fall into me
like paint into ceiling cracks"
Is also cool- visual indeed!
Good luck in the contest!
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