If you’d told me five years ago
that today I’d still have these feelings.
Shifting in my bones like memory,
and that a sense of loss would stain
my cutlery with fingerprints every night.
I’d shred the poems I’d written for you,
but I can’t promise It would be easy.
The words across the page,
are a shadow of what we shared.
And ink is scrubbed from my skin but it takes time.
There is no hardship with breathing though,
no confusion with folding clothes-
ironing them crisp like a square,
but I watch the fabric,
fragments of you behind a screen of glass.
Threatening to let go.
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lavadis | November 3, 2011 - 15:33
I very much liked this. It reminds me of the lyrics of one of my songs - there is no section for lyrics on ABC Tales hence I have not posted it :-
Where do your facts come from
she asked me smoothing down
the sheets
where's your reward
why are.
you so re assured of
the truth
I held her a gaze a moment
I don't know
why I do it
perhaps I'm god I told her
she dropped the pillow and laughed
shaking a bit from the draft
well maybe you are god
she whispered
maybe you are
as the bedding unfurled
but you are a nasty god
ruler of a nasty world
Where does the truth come from
she asked me smoothing out her
skirt
where's your desire
why are we
so very far from
the fire
,
We held the sheet together
the big white sheet
four corners
a hand on each
then she
plumped up the pillows and laughed
shaking a bit from the draft
well maybe you are god
she whispered
maybe you are
as the bedding unfurled
but you are nasty god
ruler of a nasty world
----
I dived into a sea
of cotton and paper waves
below the depth
and the pressure
that any man can take
dragged through the thorns near the home where I thought we stood
thinking of yourself again
she asked
you’re a man so of course you would
---
well maybe you are god
she whispered
maybe you are
as the bedding unfurled
but you are nasty god
ruler of a nasty world
Beeme | November 7, 2011 - 09:15
ohh thanks for sharing some of your lyrics lavadis. I can't use dropbox lol I didn't tell you that I was technophobic. could you email me them instead? Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed :)
Beeme xx
lavadis | November 7, 2011 - 17:07
Sending sound files is a problem because they are rather huge!! If you are reading next week I can let you have some songs on a memory stick if you like.
Beeme | November 7, 2011 - 17:48
I'm not sure if I'm going to the reading yet. Let me see if I can get used to finding my way around dropbox.
Beeme xx