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Nov 2013
Okay, I'll admit it, when I invited you over to play "the floor is lava"
I threw every piece of furniture I own besides my bed out my window .

I thought it would be fun to play pretend. Backs to my mattress acting as a raft
lost in the middle of the ocean with great white sharks circling at our toes.
I was hoping you'd get really scared and then hug me really close.

And when I told you to pick a card, I may have rigged the deck
with thirty-two of my hearts so the chances of you picking me were extremely in my favor.
I thought if I learned enough tricks then one day I could saw your insecurities in half
and make everything that ails you disappear.

When we kissed for the first time I think I caught a cold.
When we ****** I struck a fever, I refuse to see a doctor.
Chicken noddle soup and orange juice have been off my menu ever since.

I just pray to God that you are not contagious to anyone else.
Jon Ordway
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