Temporary

A silly poem about a temporary crush

His eyes light up 

talking about a past he's no longer a part of

his eyes scope the room

looking for something he lost too soon

i listen to every tale that leaves his lips

i romanticize a secret, i pray to keep it 

i laugh when he laughs

and for a moment the world stops

his jokes take away anything sad

any bad feeling, or bad thought 

wish days could like this could be forever

wish we were always together

i'll think about you when you're gone

I'll convince myself that it's wrong

i'll think about how you don't see what i do

you don't see the beauty in what makes up you

i try to memorize all your little things 

and later i'll play them back like a movie 

And things have to come to an end

you're a shooting star I can see from far away

you're the love letter i never send 

you're the moon lighting up the darkest night 

you're the words i'll never say

you're all that's temporary

i can't hold on to something 

that doesn't last very long 

that's what one would think 

i can't listen to a repeated song

and maybe that song is too good to give up

but eventually you'll have had enough 

i'll think of the way you laugh

i'll think about the fact 

that you call and talk to her

and that's when i remember 

that this feeling will eventually fade

that you can't hold onto what's temporary 

Reviews

[free-writer]

I really like the confusion of emotions as you read it, the love and the heartbreak. I especially like the last stanza, I think it draws the poem to a close really well and sums up what's been said before well.

[i am LiLy]

love it!!!!!!!!....some sweet little line in there.
it drew me in and then gave me slack as i reflected on similarity to my past experiences.....then it drew me back hard.
this line.....


'i can't listen to a repeated song
and maybe that song is too good to give up
but eventually you'll have had enough'

is total genius...amazing.lovely....just that few words alone pure sweetness.