About a Person You Admire

I admire your smile.

 

Each time I see your lips

Frame themselves justly so

I, as if by some preternatural force,

smile.

 

Is it funny

To be this ridiculous?

 

For in truth

I am only your reflection:

As you lift I lift:

As you walk I walk:

When the sun goes

I am replaced by the solace

Of home and sheets and pillows

And stars and there we connect.

 

We drink and we refill:

Dance and scream:

Sip and swallow:

Eat slowly, quickly, and refill:

All the while these eyes watch your

Figure unfold and extend into

New visions where you dress

And take off and bring in new thoughts

And simultaneously show nothing but neglect

For the past, to you,

Is becoming a speck.

 

Your eyes need nourishment

By means of fulfillment [I suppose]

And of that I will indeed serve you

But it will come at a cost- as all progression does.

 

I will serve you in a paper cup

To everyone and watch them take you in;

All of you as you are

Crude and untouched.   

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Kara Emily Krantz]

this is quite fantastical :) i think i need to read it again, because my mind jumped all over and though a million different things. but thats waht i love about it - it's definitely open to the reader's interpretation. but the flow is fantastic, and the randomness of it is just enough to work really well

"When the sun goes

I am replaced by the solace

Of home and sheets and pillows

And stars and there we connect."

i love that

[s. lucero]

Rhythmically very pleasant. Three word review FTW.

[Emily B]

I wish, that I could put this in my favorites, but my favorites doesn't work at work

this is wonderful

[emz]

Lovely poem... it has many levels and many meanings, i like that in poetry.




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