Take it in!

being lost in extension

"What are you doing, Alisha?" Classmate sitting beside me asks. Coming out of a daydream, I tried to reply with all the effort I had left for the day.

"Waiting," I say, "just waiting." I take a glimpse at the clock.

The scene changes places, when the love of me reaches in for a helpful swap. I'm sitting in my room many weeks later. Scene becomes the thoughts of memory.

"...and it seems so perfect, doesn't it?" Lover of the night repeats the images I held in my bloody brains. I keep caressing his body, from head to toe. I can't believe it's happening finally, after so many days of melting from doing nothing. I forgot what I was wishing for. I didn't have a purpose after the deterioration of time missing someone.

I'm just waiting for you.

"baby..." you said.

I can still hear it!

Baby, baby, baby, baby

I said goodbye to you.

I can't wait to see you tonight.

I'll sneak out again.

I'll skip sleep at another day's end.

I know now.

I miss you, and it was just the thing.

I remember only when I find it.

Reviews

[KUFU]

Wow Danger. This is really good. Your namesake and bio may be coloring my perception. I somehow expected a depressing write, but this was thrilling, in a sublime kind of way. The piece was so well written as a narrative, that I felt as if you were speaking to me. I could hear your voice. Calm, frustrated, but yet insistent in its message of unrequited love perhaps. I am a bit confused in my spirit, but this is a wonderful poem. I will add this work to my favorites!

[DANGER]

"What are you doing, Alisha?" Classmate sitting beside me asks. Coming out of a daydream, I tried to reply with all the effort I had left for the day.

"Waiting," I say, "just waiting." I take a glimpse at the clock.

The scene changes places, when the love of me reaches in for a helpful swap. I'm sitting in my room many weeks later. Scene becomes the thoughts of memory.

"...and it seems so perfect, doesn't it?" Lover of the night repeats the images I held in my bloody mind. I keep caressing his body, from head to toe. I can't believe it's happening finally, after so many days of melting from doing nothing. I forgot what I was wishing for. I didn't have a purpose after the deterioration of time of missing someone.

Now I remember, thinking I forgot about you. I realize the way I lost you, when I could have been thinking that when I was losing you. I remember what I'm looking for only when I find what I was looking for.

I reach out and say, "Yes." All else fails, and it all is going in, instead.