Tuesday, September 25, 2012

These poems I can't stand

There are songs that can extract tears from stones,
poems that cause dams to tumble and the water to flood
the surface of my face.
The loneliness of living alone.
I still look for her.
In dreams of my sleep, in faces on the subways and in songs.
I imagine, selfishly,
she would look up and realize who loved her best.
And I would stand granite like, shades over my eyes and pretend she was not there.
All the While inside me,
my soul cries and kicks Like a wild bird caged in my chest,
trying to be let out.
These poems I can't stand,
because they always make me fall.

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