I’m sharing one more poem for World Poetry Day. This is my newest and it’s a last minute addition to Speeding in Reverse. I read Ellie Soderstrom’s blog post about adultery yesterday and was inspired by it and by my most recent Muse. Hope you like it.
kiss me one more time before i give him my heart.
i’ve already slipped from your fingers so make this
last one count. it’s not that i didn’t want
you, but sneaking glances isn’t enough to keep me.
i’ll think of you fondly even though you left me
cold. maybe i loved you a little, maybe a lot.
i have to be careful to keep things separate;
make sure your lips don’t affect me.
i can’t trust what you’re feeling; you’ll disappear
again, break my will again. touch me gently. don’t
leave marks because this can’t last. i knew you
were wrong in so many ways but as it often happens,
the brain points to the heart and says, “i’m with
stupid”. don’t tell me what you’re thinking because
i won’t hold up if you say you still care. i’m
drawn in by your mystery but i’ll be trapped with
the truth.
Ellie Ann
March 21, 2012
This whole poem is fantastic, but I especially like the line, “the brain points to the heart and says, “i’m with stupid.”
You’re voicing emotions we’ve all felt in a new and cool way. Love your poetry, JJ!
JJ
March 21, 2012
Thank you so much, Ellie! xo
Tracy
March 21, 2012
I think it may be a great idea to end SIR on this note.
Ends with a new beginning, if that makes sense.
JJ
March 21, 2012
The last poem in the book is actually ‘suffer no broken clocks’ which I read in one of my videos last month. This is the last I’ve written that’ll go in the book though. Thanks for your comment.