Hello PoetryVoting

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

If Only a Poem Suits

If only a poem will do and I have no pen with which to write then give me a needle that I may use my blood as ink. If only a poem will do and I have no paper on which to write then give me your body; that I might trace crude letters across the drawn, copper skin of your thigh and the form words everlasting even as the fading pink recedes from your skin. I only a poem will do and I have no words any good to Offer then give me your eyes That I may see the world anew Seeing neither sun nor water Nor tree nor flame but only The thin veiled truth of your Perception, your alien manner Of being that the world may Be to me new again, fresh, Ready for ridicule or praise Or any manner of discourse That, finding us lacking, fills The void of the myriad mysteries We cannot ever see like fireflies In the daytime, their light obfuscated But there, elusive as the truth And equally beautiful nonetheless If only a poem will do then: Creativity: sentimentalization justifiable If only a poem will do then (See above)
Request permission to use this poem
Written by
samuel-butcher
English
Published
May 13, 2015
Lines·Words
41·198
Tags
#love#haiku#sacrifice#writing
Permission

Request to use this poem

Tell samuel-butcher how you would like to use it. We review requests before forwarding them.

AboutBlogFAQPrivacyTermsContact
© 2009-2026 Hello Poetry/v27.0 by @eliotyork
Explore
Hello PoetryVoting
Write