I don't create poetry, I create myself, for me my poems are a way to me. ~Edith Södergran

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

That new, fresh in love kinda poem

DEEPLY
 
IT HAS TAKEN ME SOME TIME TO FIND THE WORDS TO WRITE YOU THE PERFECT POEM
BECAUSE
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WORDS CAN FALL
SHORT
OF THEIR INTENTIONS
AND
I WANTED TO FILL THIS POEM WITH
PERFECTION
SO THAT EACH LETTER WOULD BE PLACED TOGETHER ON THIS PAGE
AS FIRMLY AS
THE PIECES OF MY HEART THAT YOU HAVE CAUGHT
AND
PUT BACK TOGETHER…
I WANTED TO FIND WORDS
BIG ENOUGH TO CAPTURE EACH END OF YOUR SMILE
AND
WRAP THEM AROUND YOU DURING ALL THE TIMES YOU MIGHT FEEL THAT THIS TIME LOVE MIGHT LET YOU DOWN… 
I WANTED TO RIP UP THIS PAGE INTO TINY PIECES
JUST
TO SHOW YOU THAT NO MATTER HOW I PUT MY FEELINGS FOR YOU
BACK TOGETHER
THEY WOULD ALWAYS TURN OUT AS PASSIONATELY AS I LOVE YOU..
AND
I JUST FIND COMFORT IN THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE OPENLY HATED THE NOTEBOOK
I WILL ONE DAY WRITE ABOUT THE NIGHT YOU ALMOST CRIED
DURING THAT MOVIE IN A
‘NOTEBOOK’ YOU MADE THAT WOULD ONE DAY SHOW A NEW LIFE
HOW INCREDIBLE A LOVE STORY CAN BE…
I LOVE THAT YOU CRINGE AT THE THOUGHT OF ONE TREE HILL
AND 
YET
ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS WE HAVE HAD WAS THIS WEEKEND SITTING UNDER ONE TREE ON A SLIGHT HILL IN CENTRAL PARKJ LOL
AND 
DON’T HATE CAUSE I HAVE TWISTED WORDS TOGETHER WITH A CHEESE SO GOOD
THEY SHOULD BE CALLED VELVEETA
BECAUSE I WOULD TWIST JUST ABOUT ANYTHING FOR THE VERB…THE ADJECTIVE
THE RUN-ON SENTENCE OR FRAGMENT TO GIVE YOU AN
IDEA
OF JUST HOW
MANY WORDS MY HEART BEATS IN A DAY FOR YOU…
AND 
I WANTED TO WRITE YOU THIS POEM
BECAUSE I CAN OVERCOME MY INSECURITIES WITHIN THESE LINES
AND REPLACE THEM AGAINST THE LINES OF YOUR BODY EVEY TIME I HOLD
YOU
TIGHTLY AGAINST ME
HOPING THAT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY ENOUGH YOU CAN HEAR
MY NEXT PROMISE THAT I WILL HOLD YOUR LOVE SAFELY
AND 
WRAP ITS DETAIILS AROUND MY FINGERS
AS YOU WRAP YOUR HAIR AROUND YOURS SOMETIMES..
I WANT TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD THAT I AM WORKING ON THE PERFECT
POEM….
AND HOW EACH DAY THAT I WRITE HER…I FALL MORE IN LOVE…

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