I Deserve You

It’s easy to be

It’s harder to feel.

It’s easy to fold.

It’s harder to peel.

 

To go on with smiles,

Avoiding the frowns.

To build your own ego,

Defense tightly wound.

 

But let slip the tiny,

The slightest of threads,

And let in the pouring,

Emotional dreads.

 

The miniscule forces,

You’ve told yourself, no.

Have entered your conscience,

Insomnia’s foe.

 

But while you lie there,

With dreams that you’ve fought.

Think you the scene,

Of the following thought.

 

The door of the place,

Where you know that you’ll meet.

The light of the hallway,

The heart skips a beat.

 

The film that you watch,

Without knowing plot,

The smell of the moment,

The names you forgot.

 

And all of a sudden,

The lean of the kiss.

The feel of your mind,

Your heartbeat, your fist.

 

You settle on happy,

Complacent and free.

Not knowing for sure,

Of how you will be.

 

And is it alright,

To feel open there,

To feel that way here,

In fact, anywhere?

 

To call, not to call.

To sleep or to feel.

To sit or to move.

The brick or the wheel.

 

For which is the heavy,

The true and the sound?

And which is the moving,

The sides can’t be bound?

 

 And which is the ready,

Objectively true?

For I can’t determine,

The plight of the few.

 

I can but observe,

The light of the view.

It’s you that I’ve opened for.
I deserve you.

 

Reviews

[Virtuosa X]

Great poem Lindsay. I just love the way you let it all come out.

[Eagle Cruagh]

I DESERVE YOU !
As though you did`nt know.
Just kidding you----- Your poem
us is so straight up and honest.
I think no one could misunderstand
or get the wrong message.
Congratulations, this is one of the
best.
----- John

[Kaitlyn Raiford]

This poem is beautiful and flows very nicely. I agree with another review in saying that the name drew me into the poem itself. I, too, am glad I had the chance to read this great and unique work of yours.

[John Fitzgerald]

the title drew me to this. and i'm glad it did. excellent write. the title suggests a straight message but its anything but. there is beautiful contradiction here and a lilting observing narration. well done!

[Revery]

Love it, love your style. You take the reader into the head of your subject. Love the stanza,

And which is the ready,
Objectively true?
For I can’t determine,
The plight of the few.

[Siegfried]

Nice twist at the end, a crescendo of thought. Such is worthwhile to consider.