I thought about a lot of different things
That I could write about. I thought about writing
About things that hurt me.
About all the ways I got angry too easily.
About people I wish had stayed.
About the way that sometimes the fire that I hold, that I try to keep burning,
Burns me, just a little, too.
But I decided not to.
So now that I’ve said all that,
I want to talk about love.
It’s been a while since I did,
Love, I think,
And when you’re young,
It’s hard to tell if it is.
And I thought it was, (think it was)
But of course I did.
I wanted to talk about you.
I wanted to talk about the way your eyes glowed like the moon,
But I’m trying not to be cliche.
So I think I’ll talk about that time
Your face lit up and I realized that I was
On fire in the good kind of way.
And I think you made a lot of things for me
Feel like fire,
Like the way you would throw your head back when you laughed,
Or the way it felt when your thigh brushed against mine.
I wanted to talk about how I couldn’t say I loved you.
Not because I didn’t want to,
Because I tried to.
Instead, I talked about how
Annoying you were,
God, how typical,
(I am so freaking attracted to you).
I wanted to talk about
The way you made me feel like living.
When I didn’t want to.
When I was deciding not to.
I think
That’s what love is.
I think you gave me a reason to stay.
I wanted to talk about that.
And I know
I haven’t seen you
In a while,
But I just kind of
Wanted to say thank you.
I loved the perspective you took in this piece. I thought it was interesting how you referenced writing poetry and the process that goes along with it in your physical poem.
ReplyDeleteI like the change in emotions from the beginning which seems kind of angry and mad but then turns to light dialogue when talking about the girl. It really conveys you internal and external feelings very eloquently and profoundly.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this poem! I love the way you presented everything in the poem, with the parentasises (ik that's not how its spelled but I don't know sorry) and everything showing how you really felt. I really liked the line "I wanted to talk about how I couldn’t say I loved you". It really spoke to me personally and I think that it shows a lot of emotion
ReplyDeleteI really like this poem, it's so heart warming. I really like that you chose a happier emotion than a depressing one. Most people just try to use depression as their tome, so I'm glad you went with love instead.
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