Tomato

I know that you like to

have your own say,

but if I agreed with you

we’d both be wrong,

and I know that you’ll always try

to get your own way

but if I followed you we’d both be

going in a strange direction.

Maybe I am a little greedy

with my selection of thoughts,

but to me your words sound

like a rather

pathetic retort,

and maybe these words will fall

a little short

in my longing to be understood.

A tree became a chair

over the years

and through the woods,

but why would you even care

or want to discuss that?

Maybe you’ve been crying,

or you’re just wet

behind the ears,

and I know that if I tried to help you

uncover your deepest fears,

we’d both be a little scared.

sometimes a problem shared

is a problem halved,

so I told her my little secrets

but she just looked puzzled

and laughed.

Maybe it was lost in translation

or maybe I just didn’t pronounce the words

with the right emotions,

like when she says a word

and I say it as well

but it just sounds different.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Zackery Alan Daley]

I love this poem. I can't explain my head hurts and I am working. This makes my head hurt less and forget about my problems. The best kind of poems ever created are like that.

[Blake Q Hatfield]

I love the flow of this poem. Very well written, and the structure adds an additional element to the emotion of the poem.

[Coyote Poetry]

We all may be heading in the same direction. But each of us is looking for what we need. Few have the same goal. I like the logic of this poem. We may walk and talk together. Don't mean we want the same things. I like the complete poem. A outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Bette]

talking in circles. sometimes people are to different to get what the other means. and no one likes to be misunderstood. well done

[emmajoy]

'Maybe you’ve been crying,
or you’re just wet
behind the ears,'

seems there's a misunderstanding of words on words, with words, to words .. and that's the intrigue of them. What means one thing to one person can mean something entirely different to another .. or is it the way it's said!

You've created your poem as if in a courtroom, stating this and that, leaving the jury - your readers - to think out their own views .. consequently, this is quite a helter-skelter read!

[Brighid an Lasair]

I absolutely adore the clever title! Though I will agree, it did feel off it's still a spectacular piece and the feeling of it being off is almost appropriate for the mood of the piece. Nice work!

[Miss Coral]

Love the title... overall, nice poem, though it didn't quite hit as your others do. Felt... off when compared to the rest of your work.
Still nicely done though.

-Coral-

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

to begin with the title is very clever~ I say tomato~you say tumato~as well as the entire poem~ language spins easily beyond specific definitions in how ceryain words are chosen to sorround a core word~ much enjoyed this well thought out and superbly composed delightful write~

[Mark]

If I read this right, it is about the frustration he feels, when what his head tells him differs from what his heart wants to hear, particularly when her heart is also in attendance. It is an old problem, and you have addressed it in a fresh and appealing manner. Good job.

[Geralyn Miller]

i do like this work!
A artist's job is to provoke thought, sadly, some people just are incapable of thought through thier own choice.