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Defenceless

Defenceless

A Poem by Samith Pich
"

It's been a very long while. A new poem, an old feeling

"
woke up. I toss & turn.
the dream dissapates
but the memory burns.

it's a new poem
for an old feeling
that has me staring at the ceiling.

haunted by a ghost
that returns to me ripe
& out of season.

a day before 
we ate the morning
licking salt off our fingers
chuckling over daylight
(an inside joke) of the found
and the known

lunch breezes past
afternoon lingers
on your toes

i toss that image
around in my mind for meaning
the black panties, 
the diamong on your nose

i should go
this won't end well
time won't tell
and i am left with unanswered questions
to conversations never made

i'm defenceless
with you
defenceless like a babe
a toy with no string
a wound that won't sing
but yearns for the crime.

I want everything to pause
I want 
time
to stay this way

like the vine of your fingers
conducting muisc with the air
the game is laid bare
against the curves of her skin
I trace, make haste, 
as her word search for home
inside me.

let's meet 
at your door

let's pretend that it can happen

lets linger until midnight
in the broken garden of your room
and drink to what can't be
until the light fades
& nothing is seen

only known.

© 2021 Samith Pich


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This sounds like falling in love......
I absolutely loved this write.
It didn't hook me in until about the middle, but once it did it wouldn't let go. This is great work here.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Samith Pich

3 Years Ago

Thank you! I've updated the formatted - let me know what you think :)
light and ashes

3 Years Ago

Seems to flow much better....
if the words aren't writing themselves...the poet is confused, "drinks to what can't be"

Maybe if everything pauses long enough...the words will come...just know she sees you...
like you said...
"the game is laid bare"---

I like this work.

Posted 3 Years Ago


Samith Pich

3 Years Ago

Thank you! This poem is not formatted how I want it - I include paragraphs breaks and indents but th.. read more

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Added on January 24, 2021
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Samith Pich
Samith Pich

Perth, Australia



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