To Say Hello

To Say Hello

A Poem by James O'Rourke
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Being infatuated with a local bar girl

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I saw you again tonight

And once again I am driven

To sit and watch


Your hair a curled mass

One that adventurers on jungle expeditions

Would hack through

Just to get a view


That easy smile

Lighting all my rooms

So that I may see myself

Passing by every doorway

That encapsulates you


I hear your voice and I imagine

Us in the kitchen

You at the sink singing warm honey

Into the dishes you scrub clean


Outside of my imagination

I watch as you hug friends

Exchange greetings and fancy handshakes

And I feel ever more the creeper


Is it wrong to be entranced

By everything you do?

Everything you embody?

Perhaps I should let imagination go

To let it pass as I would

A car running a red light at a crosswalk


But I want to be that car

To see that universal sign for stop

And crash through it

Just so I can say hello

And maybe get your name 

© 2015 James O'Rourke


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James O'Rourke
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Love this piece. It inspires the conflicting emotions when seeing someone that one is infatuated with, one I know all to much. It is a beautiful poem

Posted 8 Years Ago


James O'Rourke

8 Years Ago

Thanks for checking this out. This has become one of my more cherished pieces. In the past I wouldn'.. read more
I really enjoyed reading this poem, James! Flows beautifully, written to engage! I could see her in front of me and I could feel the battle of the dilemma - the frustration of being passive and the excitement of a prospect of taking action... I love how a seemingly little thing can trigger such intense emotions - though that is what we do :)

It starts out with a wonderfully innocent and quite endearing crush, and it possibly continues to be just that! - though, you question whether your infatuation is appropriate.
I love how you addressed this realisation that you could be thought to be creepy by others, and where your thoughts lead you to - the car running through a red light crosswalk - which actually makes you realise and re-enforcing the desire to be or do something that you perhaps don't normally do?

A really well written piece!

Posted 8 Years Ago


I understand this sort of feeling; I am very confident in my being until it comes to approaching a mate, but I assume if it were meant to be the courage would come naturally. I wish you luck with this "local bar girl". Oh, and just realized that this piece was uploaded on my birthday. Quite interesting, that realization and this piece.

Posted 9 Years Ago



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James O'Rourke
James O'Rourke

Portland, OR



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What's up y'all, Been a hot minute since I've been on here (somewhere around three years.) Anyway, I've been thinking of knocking the cobwebs out of my brain and jump back into writing again. .. more..

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