Open Poetry #12 |
Ticket to Ride |
emily Member
since 2000-10-03
Posts 142USA |
There had to be one person who would know me and protect me; just downright love me. Perhaps one in a billion is a lofty request. May I ask anyway? Just for the record, I already asked years ago. Doesn’t everyone have that one special secret, something we do, or a feeling that no human being ever hears about and when you finally trust someone- God, what if you're wrong? How does it feel to know you may have blown it? Do you feel like yesterday’s recycled waste that someone forgot to wrap in newspaper? Do you feel like worms are eating your heart and chewing on the rest of your insides. Maybe no one has experienced this kind of rejection, this kind of brutal emotional rape; I have. Did you ever hear of a man marrying you in his heart when he’s already married? What does that do to a woman? Has anyone ever been pulled in, sucked in, vacuumed out and rolled away to storage. Is limbo a place where hearts bend and eventually break for lack of care? I found someone who nurtures me. Oh, trust again? Only a fool- only a fool would turn away from giving them a chance. Only a fool would live an emotional cripple and only a fool would stop dreaming. So for as long as I am nurtured, I;ll stay, welcomed! And I also, will nurture- him. A friend, and ok, maybe a lover in my dreams but what’s wrong with that? Sure, he has a beautiful body and in the right setting I’d spread myself all over him like strawberry jelly on fresh toast. In my dreams he is preserved. I go there everynight for you see… there is no “ticket to ride” my dreams…… Emily [This message has been edited by emily (edited 03-13-2001).] |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
In my dreams he is preserved. Fine write...esp enjoyed the above line!!! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
emily, this was touching in its pain and sorrow and the whole damned world knows by now that I can relate---and loved the touch of humor at the end. was sweet! (sorry couldn't resist the pun...) Thanks for the read! |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
*Smiling here*. Wonderfully written, Emily. I think most of us can relate to this one in one way or another. The end was the best part. Lone Wolf Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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