Messy

We trample emotions 

like leaves 

both so content 

in getting mine 

that we lose ours 

in the shuffle of self 

we forget why we even try 

why we care. 

Plowing ahead 

with out even looking back 

we forge new lands 

and burn the past 

singeing our fingers 

with the embers we throw 

I long for rainy days 

A bed 

a laugh 

a smile that always turns in to more 

In the sterile newness 

of our present 

I miss the

Messy 

Crazy 

days that have pasted us by 

Reviews

[Emily]

I love this one!
Keep it up!

[Julia Ledo]

The lines that really stuck out to me "in getting mine that we lose ours" i love that. The poem has a brief tone in the beginning as if trying to recount what is going on in the present is too much to handle. The end has such an earnest plea for the simpler times, the crazy times. Really like this one

[Gabby Nieves]

I loved this so much. awesome

[Crystal Overmeyer-Birmingham]

thank you.

[sinNsincerity]

Oh how I miss the crazy days also.
But come to think of it, I am not so sure I can relive them.
It's a blessing that I'm alive today throughout the mess lol
Great write Crystal

[Crystal Overmeyer-Birmingham]

No you cant go back to the beginning and relive those days, you just have to remember what it was about that person that made you feel that way and focus on that. Thank you for your review

[sinNsincerity]

Of course, always! It was my honor.

[AaronFreitas]

I enjoyed this write Crystal... "Plowing ahead
with out even looking back
we forge new lands
and burn the past " I love those lines... it is so true. In life we do emotionally just burn the past and disregard it so we can move forward without the pain. I loved it :)

[Crystal Overmeyer-Birmingham]

I was actually thinking of the Scorched Earth tactic in WW2. Thank you for pulling that line out i love it too.

[AaronFreitas]

That is even better haha :)

[Crystal Overmeyer-Birmingham]

yeah i am bit of a history nerd.

[AaronFreitas]

History is fascinating :)

[Robert]

Love the ending and the longing that you expressed those long ago days you had. Very good flow here Crystal, nicely written and understood. Thanks for Sharing.

[Crystal Overmeyer-Birmingham]

Thank you Robert

[dan]

Crystal, Saw you reviewed one of mine so came over here to return the favor. I chose this one because the title meshed with what you have written in your profile. This is such a nostalgic and introspective write, having the sleepy feel of a rainy-day in bed, relax and relate time in our lives...very well done, I am sending a friend request. Please feel free to send me read requests, that's the only way to ensure that I will review a piece you've written (I've got too many friends to keep my reviewing obligations up to date). take care...dan

[Crystal Overmeyer-Birmingham]

Thank you!