cradle the edge.

reinstated

These two lives,

pressing in ... and all I wanna' do ...

is introduce the two.

Mother, child, wife have you met...

the devious writer who has a crush ...

on Keira in Beckham,

McKeon of Facts,

and Gina in Bound?

I'm in heat with the cat tonight

as Katie Hail Mary serenades me with her lullaby.

I'm rockin' out with the dyke slam beautiful poets:

Alix Olson is bleeding through her jeans

as Andrea Gibson snaps a photograph of something that looks a lot like my lonely scene.

I'll rock my ambitions to sleep,

I'll cradle this open mic poetress to sleep ...

over dreams of people who inspire me.

And I'll fantasize about what it would mean ...

to have someone who knows the two ...

mother and manager; writer and fiend...

support the person that is morphed in between ...

and love me ... even though.

But, until I'm out ...

until I've found her,

found me, in the warm and welcoming accepting flesh ...

I'll just stand here quietly,

rocking, swaddling,

cradling the edge.

 

Reviews

[Vatsayayana]

Hmmm... you've sent shivers down my spine.
I fully admit I'm playing hookie today just so I can traipse around here on WritersCafe.
Of course reading more of your writing!
Did I mention yet its scrumptious? :-P
I do so hope to be able to read more of your prose.
You are the style of writer that I just want to watch, devotedly from afar, waiting with bated breath to see just what you will pen next.
Fabulous!

[SweetPeachesAlways]

Well, you and ol' Sam should've added chords, notes, treble clefts, etc. because this would make a damn fine song! Very intoxicating lyrics...but that's just me! Applause, applause! Author, author!

[Nick Erickson]

I like the feeling in this poem, not so sad, but hopeful and excited in a way - waiting for something good to happen.

"Mother, child, wife have you met...
the devious writer who has a crush .."

I like that, the "devious writer"... very strong imagery in those lines.
Well done.

[Dawn Jones]

serranades and fantacize are spelt wrong... and you forgot to capitalize a couple of I's... otherwise nice work as usual. :)