Twisted Points Of View

when someone just can't let go...yikes! lol

I

scribble 

your name 

a 

m  i  l  l  i  o  n 

times 

over 

& over 

changing 

the shapes of vowels 

& constants 

that form the essence 

of a name that tingles 

the tip 

of my 

tongue...

letters flutter 

like 

butterfly eyelashes 

flickering 

fast 

becoming 

beating follicles

batting bashfully

bold 

& beautifully

darker than dark

thoughts trigger tender sediments

smearing mascara 

provoking pain to come trickling down

cheeks staining rosy red hues

that once blushed at thoughts of you

emotions painted canvases

called skin  

beautiful blending masterpieces

with watercolors

& when rains came 

art becomes

life 

...your paintbrush...

violently strokes my ego 

green with envy

& major arteries become

black shells 

holding 

rotten hearted amour

while boiled blood 

run red 

heated 

& happy

ready for revenge

wishing to avenge

...us...

I

scribble 

your name 

a 

m  i  l  l  i  o  n 

times 

over 

& over 

jabbing holes in paper

cutouts clipped 

in your patented stance

paper me & yous

dance & prance in 

pop up fantasy worlds

in here

I'm still 

YOUR 

candy girl

licking candy wrappers

swirling bittersweet memories

within my mouth

lingering in our after taste

sugar sweet kisses

spreading 

salty saline solutions

cascading from irises

& if I 

can't 

have you

no one else will...

Reviews

[Wandering Violet]

Mmmm, I know that feeling. Nicely expressed in your poem. Why do we torture ourselves by thinking over and over about that person?

[J.V. Stanley]

Intriguing piece here, I love the string of images of the eyes, how it wraps around this poem. I also admire how it comes around full circle, ending around the same lines in which it began. They say the eyes are the windows to the soul and I believe you've captured significantly more than that within this piece.