It changed color
It changed shape, I suppose--so did I
I tried on a perfume for free
I didn't buy it, naturally
But when I washed it off, I didn't recognize the way I'd smelled for years.
Write it on the dust jacket
"A beautiful coming of age story"
But it's not that.
It's that you needed me in a dream
and that dream was not one I had by choice.
I am trying to stop, but I can't.
Write myself a thousand fantasies,
Pray them true.
Baptize myself in my words
But I want you to be reborn.
You're the plaything of a child
But the Velveteen Rabbit was happy.
I'm not the boy who loves it, though
I'm the fairy, apparently.
Making you alive, yes
But sending you far, far away.
Leave me.
Please.
Take me into your arms now
or walk away.
Check the box,
yes or no.
Socks are soft and comforting,
you don't feel them...
But you feel new ones. Clean ones.
Whispering as you walk
Holding me--softly. Softly.
They will only soil.
Author notes
I wrote this poem to say that I am feeling something. The fear of feeling it is so vast and the things to hold on to are not there. It's not a bad thing, though...it's beautiful. It's just about change and weather or not we can create it within ourselves at will.
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Comments
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This is amazing!! I love it Cham. It is so rich, so... wow!! And the introduction and the conclusion with the socks were so great. Good job!! -
hey honey. this really is beautiful. i don't understand it, but it makes a great piece.
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it's about...not knowing and not knowing if you want to know. it's about fear and happiness and how they are not mutually exclusive. and it'a bout dirty socks, or lack thereof.
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interesting. i love all the imagery, descriptions, and allusions to beloved parts of childhood and the feeling of being lost and confused as childhood is left behind. "But when I washed it off, I didn't recognize the way I'd smelled for years" was my favorite line. it just captured the dizzy uncertainty you seemed to be trying to convey. thank you for your original entry.
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