Alyson (If It's The Last Thing I Do)

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soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2005-03-12 03:22 AM

(Man, it's been almost 4 months since I posted any poetry here. Gotta remedy that...)

Alyson (If It's The Last Thing I Do)

Do be specific about what you want from me
think I'm terrific and light up when you see me
if you see me that is

All my petty thoughts angle towards negotiations
I'm getting ready for a quarter life crisis situation
can you see this for what it is

Just a want to be around you once more
a want to see you walk through my door
to get lost inside your eyes
an autumn green sunrise
to be just a cab ride away from you
and not lost in this neon blue

I can't find my way around Boston
oh Alyson,
I'll make it back to you
if it's the last thing I do

I'm quite certain the sun won't rise
till she sweetly smiles and then I realize
there are no words for how much I miss her

There's this way she warms my bones
even now, when I'm miles away and alone
there are no words for how much I need her

Something inside me told me
to trust this crazy redhead
with her cupid's bow grin
something inside me told me
to move on ahead
and believe in love again

And here I am

I can't find my way around Boston
oh Alyson,
I'll make it back to you
if it's the last thing I do

Whisper, whisper
on the phone or on the wind
your precise location
your precise emotion
oh Alyson

'Cause I can't find my way around here
oh dear,
I'll make it back to you
if it's the last thing I do

Still remember the last time I saw you
were those silver soft wings I saw
flapping from your gracefully arched back?
And if you're bound to leave this world,
flying away laughing like angels do
could you please just wait for me
please think I'm terrific, and light up when you see me

And won't you wear that silver dress I like so much
to match perfectly with your wings
you wear it so well
so elegant and showing just enough
to let my imagination wander
in circles all around you
oh Alyson, I'm making it back to you
if it's the last thing I do

"Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, and tell them; and the truth of truths is love." --Philip James Bailey

exhale
Senior Member

since 2003-06-13

Posts 646
Alberta,Canada

1 posted 2005-03-12 03:28 AM

i absolutely loved the flow in this.
you have a talent, never forget that.

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

2 posted 2005-03-12 01:41 PM

very nice

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2005-03-12 07:53 PM

very songlike, I could hear the music while I read it

glad you are posting again...don't feel bad though, we all have our times of vacationing muse

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2005-03-16 09:35 AM

"Whisper, whisper
on the phone or on the wind
your precise location
your precise emotion"

a delicate but passionate plea
wishing your ears to hear the desired whisper

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

5 posted 2005-03-16 09:59 AM

Very nicely done. Enjoyed. Chris

The earth laughs in flowers.
~ee. cummings~

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

6 posted 2005-06-30 12:25 PM

"I'm quite certain the sun won't rise
till she sweetly smiles and then I realize
there are no words for how much I miss her

There's this way she warms my bones
even now, when I'm miles away and alone
there are no words for how much I need her"

these are songs.

and you write them so well.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

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