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Open Poetry #25

at the crossroads

noah j
Member

since 2003-03-05

Posts 82
on the open road with the wind blowing in my hair

0 posted 2003-04-11 03:12 PM

Pursed lips
Pushed up on me
I wished myself near you
But I was in this bed
Hear and now
With any girl
It didn’t matter

For it was not you
The one I wanted

Wanton acts of hatred
Acted out on people I know
She may have my body
But you have my mind
And I have been faithful to you
In my weird sort of way

Small talk
Busted in little phrases
Going nowhere
She doesn’t talk much
And this doesn’t bother me
Oh, how different from you she is
And how stupid I am
For thinking she could dull the pain
I talk to her after we are done
And it is no fun

As I fill her up
With little pieces of my hate
For her
I have no fun

For it was not you
The one I wanted

I think my mind is playing tricks on me
I know you are gone
But I see you in the faces of everyone I meet
In that smile of my co-worker
In the charm of my neighbor
In the beauty of the girl on television
I see you in all of them
And I want all of them because of it
But what I really want is not them
But you

the only people for me are the mad ones-mad to live, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at once--jack kerouac

[This message has been edited by noah j (04-11-2003 03:59 PM).]

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2003-04-11 04:50 PM

Time for this person to step to one side or the other?
Interesting stream of thoughts here, and I'm wondering if this character is really seriously ready for a long term committment.
Keep writing your heart, noah j.

Brad Majors

Member Elite

since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

2 posted 2003-04-11 05:37 PM

nice one!

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