Pocket Full Of Bullets

I had a dream

that I was loved

once;

it never occurred to me

to open my eyes.

But that's not so,

I just didn't want to.

I didn't want to see

the empty spaces

on the other

side of the bed.

It doesn't matter.

I can still smell the last

person I had there,

but I'm not sure 

if it was a woman

or a man.

And they never stay long

after it's over,

they never stay

for eggs or a beer.

They just leave

when they notice,

I have pistols tattooed on my hips.

And a pocket full of bullets.

Reviews

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~~ ah... the beauty of self-deprecating poetry... ~~ sometimes... when i read something so earnest... i think that no other kind of poetry could be as powerful and as poignant... ~~ this piece made this reader want to indulge in brutal introspection... (yet again)...

[Abigale LeCavalier]

Thank you again! :)

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~~ you're welcome... :)

[brlockwood]

Few words, but they paint a powerful picture. Original, descriptive. Really liked this. Nice work

[Abigale LeCavalier]

Thank you!

[Tate Morgan]

Well that would certainly be intimidating to a man who might have thougt he had come up short the nigt before lol

[Misery]

A pocket full of bullets and a head full of butterflies. Bullets destroy, butterflies pollinate. One brings destruction, the other brings beauty, and situated in the middle is a dear and gifted poet. If our lives are verses added to the human script, how will your verse end?

[Abigale LeCavalier]

Your reviews are becoming something I look forward too. Thank you!

[Misery]

Much welcome, dear poet.

[Andrew Rayne]

Good afternoon,
Loved the piece. It has a strong sentiment behind it all. Knowing far to well the silent torments of being lonely, poems such as these speak to us all. The ending was executed like a silent trap. You don't see it coming even though you know it is. It just hits you, and gives a deep summary to the picture you're painting.

I do hope to read more of your work. Have a great day Ms. LeCavalier. :)

[Abigale LeCavalier]

Thank you so much!

[Andrew Rayne]

Of course :)