Far More Beautiful Than I

 

 

 

 

Far more beautiful than I

 

 

 

Two doors down

and you hadn’t a clue           

that I was the tabby cat

and the philodendron upon the sill

 

you were Sunday football games

and the vast delivery of pizzas,

whose friends were a mix gender

of low rise jeans

and Sam Adams

 

We merged occasionally

in the laundry room during the rinse cycle,

you complimented my taste in jazz

and the copper shine of auburn hair,

taking inventory of my eyes

and the nakedness of the third finger

of my left hand

 

you hadn’t a clue

that I was breakfast at tiffany’s,

that I am the happiest in the coldest of winters,

and cry at the singing of Auld Lang Syne

 

that I still wish upon falling stars,

and read poetry by Keats to his beloved, Fanny

 

that I love orchids

because they are far more beautiful than I

could ever be…

 

 

…will ever be

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

A synopsis of living in an apartment building, with a little bit of me tossed in...enjoy, and thank you!

Reviews

[Dara]

It seems to me this fellow was clueless alright :-) Wonderful imagery Kelly, just a joy to read. How you make everyday occurrences appear like a 'kodak moment' is just awesome!

[Kelly Scheppers]

You are too kind, Dara...thank you so much!

[Ashira Macy]

This was absolutely fantastic! I loved how you made the things around their apartments and their lifestyles who they were. In a way they really are who we are after all. I would love to read more like this. Thank you for sharing my friend!

[Kelly Scheppers]

I'll keep that under my hat, Ashira...it'll make for a great incentive, I'm sure! Thank you!

[MAC]

this is absolutely wonderful!!

[Kelly Scheppers]

...thanks, Mark!

[Mary Bosworth]

I commend you for your ability and the complete feel to this piece. All wrapped up and sewn together neatly yet still leaving enough to the imagination. Awesome

[Kelly Scheppers]

Wow, Mary...what a way to make my day...thank you!

[Glen Yumang Manese]

I liked how this rolled off the tongue...
the language thrown in there in the mix of things...
just gives everything out in the open...
all the clues a man would want from a woman...
and the flower --- an orchid...depends if one is looking for the flower ---
instead of the woman...I would say the woman...is far off the better of the two...
just in my point of view:

the flower is radiant in the morning...
and is even brighter by the mid day sol...
and by the evening lost its luster...
for the flower is no longer grounded...
by which she was meant to be in the first place...
together with nature her true soul belongs...

[Kelly Scheppers]

Glen, I remember you from an old poem I wrote on Marilyn Monroe. You made me smile from ear to ear, just like you did here! Thank you so much!

[Glen Yumang Manese]

You're welcome...remembering is a good thing...I'm here...I turned off my RR's --- but if there is a verse you would like me to review --- just email me...got to be too much...with the reading requests...here at WC...

[Kelly Scheppers]

I'll remember that, thanks Glen!

[Glen Yumang Manese]

If you're not on my friends list...please send a request...at least then your work will be on the main page...

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh, I don't believe that for a second, Kelly.....you are as beautiful as that orchid is inside and out. The fact you are able to write this sort of poetry proves that to me beyond a shadow of a doubt. Damn, GF, this could be the screenplay for a chick flick! Loved the imagery. Just fantastic! Lydi**

[Kelly Scheppers]

You always seem to know just the right thing to say, Lydia! I really appreciate that, more than you'll ever know!

[Lydia Shutter]

My pleasure, my friend.

[Anne Timmins]

It seems to me that this piece tells of someone who has not yet quite found themselves. Isn't this true of many of us and our neighbours?
Very moving write

[Kelly Scheppers]

How wonderful to have you here, Anne...thank you so much!

[NoelHC]

A lovely slice of an earlier life, well expressed here. It is interesting the perceptions we form of neighbors that we never get to really know. Nicely done Kelly.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I guess we touch more people than we realize in the most fleeting of moments. Thank you, Noel!

[NoelHC]

Indeed we do, I had a Facebook request a few years back, a very young cousin of my best buddy, she remembered how he and I would give her rides on the cross bar of our bikes at her parents' farm fifty years ago. I remembered the farm and her parents, I frankly had no recollection of her at all but she remembered me.

[Cory Barrett]

wish for folded laundry, and to be called phalaenopsis

[Kelly Scheppers]

I've never seen a moth orchid - you've got me curious now! Thanks Cory!

[Cory Barrett]

Actually there are over 60 different versions of Phalaenopsis, i think you have seen quite a few. The one above is a type

[Coyote Poetry]

A amazing poem. Your good description made place and thoughts come alive. I like the calm feel to the description. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Kelly Scheppers]

You are most kind to review...thank you!