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Bounced Checks
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soul drifter Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711Colorado |
Bounced Checks Think I'll settle down with an actress in a cozy little flat outside of Berkeley where I can craft my restlessness into bright green sunny melodies Think I'll take my time deciding on the color of my guitar and control my smile as it's gliding back to where you are We met on a Greek island we shared warm Mediterranean nights my mind flashes back now and then to her eyes beneath those city lights She was saying something I couldn't hear as the band struck up again she was leaning forward, whispering in my ear all I could hear was the impending rain These days all I've been writing are haikus on the back of bounced checks these nights we've spent fighting emotions piling up like a train wreck Think I'll settle down with my madness carry tunes to the air secretly keeping feelings hid from my actress that always seems to discover me Think she'll find me out my revving engine's too loud and I'll try not to surrender to doubt I'll step into my next life without a sound Used to live my life like an open wound used to ache and scratch for affection now I've moved all my furniture to the moon and I'm trying to evade her detection I walk a razor's edge on the beach the city smells like concrete and rain her love letters are just out of reach as rain blurs these words down the drain So I post my love letter replies on telephone poles in the downfall and sketch the last look in her deadly eyes she used to make me beg and crawl The ghosts of my adorations show up at my bachelor pad's door I shuffle them away from my temptations that leave me somehow wanting more I need more from her, I guess though I left her far behind more for my soul I've pressed against the windows in my mind A night flight with a murder of crows interrupts my cinematic dreams the ones stuffed under my pillows the ones made up from my wings In these dreams I'm wide awake looking for a hole ten feet wide I can drop all the give and take that love leaves hanging inside The crows perch on the shopping mall and I hang on the moon she is waiting for phonecall but I'm busy crying like a loon Crying like a cloudy April day sighing like a bone chilling wind follow the storm till it fades to grey and fall down once again Think I'll make my way back to town I've got love yet to discover divorce proceedings coming down I give half my songs to her The other half of my songs I print on a white t-shirt so I can ensnare someone and I can belong to her But I think I'll take some time deciding on the color of my love and control my heart as it's climbing up a fire escape to empy skies above So tell me your feelings can I live in your heart she says it's me she's considering so here I am, right back at the start And I'll prove to you my feelings so you see you live in my heart we'll spend the day staring at the ceiling painting in blue our deathless art This deathless art you've brought to me you've played your part and set me free Thinking about settling down... "Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, and tell them; and the truth of truths is love." --Philip James Bailey |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
I seriously loved this!! Why am I surprised at that you ask? Because I have the attention span of a hyped up 4 yr old after drinking 2 quarts of red koolaid... I usually can't read the long stuff.. I read every word of this!! You rock! "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
this touched my emotions, perhaps it's the day, but more likely the brilliance of your words, both intellectually and like an amazing flame.... |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Your soul drifted so poetically! I'm with Susan, unless a poem really grabs my attention, I cannot read the very long ones. Well, I read this one ~ and was captivated by it! "more for my soul I've pressed against the windows in my mind" ~ Those lines ~ and so many more! ~ are memorable! May Light light up both your days and nights, EA  |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Brilliant write Zach. I really enjoyed this one. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
A passionate heartsong, Zach. I'll keep this one to read again later, in a quiet moment of reverie. what beautifully written love poetry! |
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