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All Yours

All Yours

A Poem by Floornine

We spent a lifetime
Dancing in Street lights
And drinking in chapped,
Gum- stuck fountains.
We spent a lifetime
Out of work
And out of play

Out of order
Said the signs we spent
Posting on rich cars
And rich flats
And rich westward gulls.
We spent a lifetime coasting
On love- lead broke houses
And sugar cane propoganda.
Just caring for one another.
Squatting behind lost windows,
The whim of night taking us
To rooftops and
Allyways
And thrift shops
To spoil our eyes. Race
Our minds. Of that we laughed
And this we spoke.
Whispered
Like the world heard
Just a bit too loudly.
And shouted
Like tone was deaf to us.

We spent a lifetime
Boiling rock candy for coping
Settling in
And settling out.
We spent a lifetime
Breaking up wind echos
Telling us to walk the Simmered path.
We spent a lifetime
In downtown shadows
And market lots
With their gray carolas
Pinching at our ankles.
Pedals stomped
And relayed
Teaching the ten and two
Of my mind.
We spent a lifetime
Pretending
You were me
And I was the waitress who served you
Your glass of water
The night before.
You were the ambulance driver
And I was the backseat bleeder.
You were the car crash
And I was the rubber necked passer by.

We spent a lifetime
Laughing
Holding our fate
In empty bottles
And empty strobe lit stairways
And empty birthday cards.
We spent a lifetime
Filling it all
With us.
A lifetime
Filling me
With us.

Your lifetime
Filling every corner of us
With us.

© 2008 Floornine


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Your so very great. I enjoy reading your poems. All the words fit in their sentences so well.

Posted 15 Years Ago


It's a very touching poem. I can't seem to describe the feeling I had as I was reading it. It was a nice feeling, but sad for some reason at the same time. Mostly sad because it was in past tense, which at the thought of losing such a close and exciting relationship/friendship sparks panic. Very great poem. Damn these late contestants...always making it harder to pick the winners!

Posted 15 Years Ago


i love the atmosphere this piece creates
filled with luminous feeling
for some reason it intrigued me
even more : )
thanks for sharing
-arabella


Posted 15 Years Ago



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I like awkward things and people, lomography, and tea. If I like you, I'll tell you. People think it's cute. I'm just clumbsy with all that lingual foreplay. If you ask me to be your friend, I .. more..

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