Wild Child

Must it be?

"Finders Keepers"

You're not good for me.
I'm not good for you.
Then how can it feel
like we're two halves of a whole?

I'm drawn to you like a moth to a flame.
But you can't fight Mother Nature.
I don't think I'll try.

I used to feel all replete within.
But somewhere deep down I went missing,
until you came and filled the empty space.

You're not good for me.
But somehow we're right for each other,
and you don't fight Mother Nature. 

poetry fragments and remixes

Say It Like You Mean it Remix

Say you have no regrets.
Only this time
say it like you mean it.
Don't turn me away.
Don’t let me down.

It’s too late for talking.
Words get twisted between us.
Can’t we retreat into the abyss
if only for a night?

Lay down beside me,
forget the north-south divide.

smile big and bright: a poem

"Smile"

You smile big and bright,
Masking hurts that lay deep in your veins.

Nobody sees through your act,

Nobody but me.

You love,

Swift and intense,

Hugging her so tight,

You both can’t let go.

But eventually she does,

And nobody notices but me.

You transform
Into one smooth operator,

Moving on from one girl to the next.

You pretend you’ve found peace,

But you haven’t.

And nobody notices but me.

You reach for me,

Holding me so tight,
We both can’t let go.

But eventually you do,

And nobody notices but me.

You smile big and bright,

Masking hurts that lay deep in your veins.

Nobody sees through you,

Nobody but me.

Fallen idols: a poem

"fallen idols"

Dreamy-eyed at seventeen,

idolizing you was so unwise.
I made a god out of you,
the center of my universe,
the inner chamber of my heart.

What a ride we were on--

fearless thrillseekers

never imagining how

hard we could fall.

Pieces of you and me

litter our old haunts.

We won’t return.

We can’t.

We won’t belong.

We can’t.

QotD: Heavenly Scents

Five Scents I Love:

1) perfume by issey miyake

2) citrus

3) vanilla

4) coffee

5) the scent of a freshly laundered shirt mixed in with a hint of English Leather. 

 

QotD: Today's Top 5

Vox's QotD-Books, movies, music; what's in your top 5 right now?

Movies: (picking just five is hard!)
1. Garden State
2. Superman Returns
3. When Harry Met Sally
4. Before Sunrise
5. A Very Long Engagement

Music:
1. Keane's newest cd "Under the Iron Sea"
2. U2 (of course!)
3. The Smiths
4. Leslie Feist
5. Ryan Adams

Books:
1. Lauren Willig's "Secret History of the Pink Carnation"
2. Henry James's "Wings of the Dove"
3. Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" series
4. J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series
5. George Eliot's "Middlemarch"

Be still, dear heart

A Face in the Crowd

I would know your face
Anywhere.

Your face turned from mine,
I'd still know you.
I memorized your figure
long ago.

I know what I want.
I could forget the rest,
Give up the fairytale,
No less,
If all I had was you.

I command you to haunt me. 
I am your mad, devoted Heathcliff.

 

A Face in the Crowd

I would know your face
Anywhere.

Your face turned from mine,
I'd still know you.
I memorized your figure
long ago.

I know what I want.
I could forget the rest,
Give up the fairytale,
No less,
If all I had was you.

I command you to haunt me. 
I am your mad, devoted Heathcliff.

 

literary aspirations

The Fall of Ophelia

Poor, poor maiden.
Poor, lost soul.
We lament her passing,
and cry foul at her death.

Her hair spreads out like a golden halo,
her fragile body floating atop the gentle sea.
Lilies lap at her feet,
making a garden of Eden from grief.

Cursed were the days Hades
snatched his young victim.
Cursed was Hamlet
when he came to her grave.

May he never rest in peace.