costumed

current events.

i guess what i'm trying to say is this:
i hate not being a part of your life.
it hurts more than a little to know
that i will never hold you as other men do.

beautiful men with dirtier intentions than i
will covet you and court you while i,
in a perpetual state of perplexed petrification,
will whisper self-deprecating oaths
behind stained-glass windows and opaque whispers.

these men will carry you downtown in their arms
and show you broadway and hundred-dollar dinners and new ways to kiss,
but i will sit in my empty bedroom
and write you letters disguised as poems
and pray you can read between the lines.

i'm quickly realizing the lines were never drawn in the first place.

Author's Note

Something that's been on my mind.

Reviews

[Miss Fox]

Beautifully written, sir. The emotions are clearly painted in the reader's mind.
But, may I give a word of advice?
Any girl who would pick a man for his ability to show off is a girl not worth dreaming about. A girl should be equally happy with McDonald's or some 5 star restaurant if she's there with the one she loves.
But I hate reviews that go beyond the poem :P I apologize.
Your work really is brilliant, though. And you pick such wonderful pictures to enhance the tone of the poem. Well done, sir, and please continue to write.

[Elena]

This is wonderfully bittersweet; it actually tugged at my heartstrings. Very, very well done!

[Ben Taylor]

"and show you broadway and hundred-dollar dinners and new ways to kiss,"
I love the bitter "and new ways to kiss" tacked onto the end of that phrase.
Also, the "letters disguised as poems" is a wonderful phrase, which I assume is what you derived the title from.
I like the alliteration of "p" in the second stanza :)

Lastly, the ending was simply the perfect touch to this already wonderful poem.
"i'm quickly realizing the lines were never drawn in the first place."
How often do we think we are being subtly obvious, when in reality we are failing to convey any message whatsoever. Well written.

[Kenneth The Poet]

awesome as usual, Cole. You hit the nail on the emotional head.