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Feb 9, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 at 1:36 AM UTC
Think what you don't want to think;
I'll say it.
Dream what you don't want to dream;
I'll be it.
Now,
See me laughing
the way you know you shouldn't.
Feb 9, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 at 1:15 AM UTC
If I were to write a poem tonight,
Would it be about the drink growing warm in my hand, or
The cigarette I'll surely be smoking soon?
Would it be a about the day's labor and ...
Unfulfillment?
Could I write about a niece's laughter and value
Beyond money, beyond time,
In concert with the antics of a duck and a bear?
A laughing child,
Who's eyes are tumultuous seas of frustration
And pride, concealing the machinery of wisdom
Behind a simple facade; her nose
Is running, but
Is an act of kindness,
(wiping a 2 year old's nose) a poem?
There is discomfort and confusion, there is
Struggle and pain giving way
To trust, to care and to love.
And she smiles, and she says,
"Thank you," and forgets for a moment,
And asks for her bottle.
And if I were to write a poem tonight ...
Feb 9, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 at 12:59 AM UTC