"interchanged" poems
Masters of the Universe,
three and some,
nearly four
months tween
me and you
that words
interchanged,
prayers,
asking for the answering job
which was handily God-to-Man
transferred, transfused
tween you and
me
a/k/a
Job...appropriately
you may recall
I was the bloke
who immodestly spoke,
asking any and all
circulating deities,
to tender
their resignations
post-haste,
immediately
for failure to do
the appointed rounds
well enough to this
human's satisfaction
now don't go high hopes expecting
a large confession
about how hard,
ya see it really is
tending the flock be...
nope
I ain't here to beg of you,
take this onerous
from my shoulders!
no, no, capitulation,
my track record
maybe not much better
than what went before,
but you know what I'm about to say,
cause you are perfect
well I still don't like
what satisfies your perfection definition
for my fellow humans,
so I'm keeping this job/Job,
for another few months,
cause I am.
Human
enough to know
that humans keep on trying
and you just gave up
and said let them do what they want
between human to human,
as long as they pay us obeisance
I put sins of
man to fellow man
as my número uno priority
and if the number of prayers diverted
back to you,
in your inbox receiving,
are just the
dues paying kind,
keep'em,
I got more important things to do...
May 3, 2015
May 3, 2015 at 9:44 AM UTC
Mostly, it sickens me that
our notes sent back and forth are
measurably more pleasant than conversation
We share in person.
I bet that paper lotus is gone.
Interchanged sentence fragments
both homeopathic and calculated by lamplight.
I bet that bookmark is still in the same place.
Even comparing you to Ivan would be a stretch,
Who are we kidding.
Dmitri.
But that’s still not the name I call you ante meridiem.
I bet Freud was right, but I never called myself a boy.
A . Eb. Six steps.
Slonimsky dedicated so many pages to you.
I guess I will distill the Ocean
for salt.
I can’t say any of this to you,
the most honest I’ll ever be
is in a poem I hope you’ll never read.
Nov 29, 2013
Nov 29, 2013 at 10:41 PM UTC
The afternoon light filters in through the shutters,
that look out towards the quiet cul-de-sac;
festooned with houses and quiet green lawns.
My room's walls are licked with yellow slashes
and lattices. Evening smooths the afternoon
into darkness with its brittle fingers and those yellow
slashes are interchanged with a diffusion of white neon
from the buzzing streetlamps. Oh how noisily they buzz
next to the flowerbeds! And people fold their lawn chairs and
go into their warmly lit houses and house pets roam blackened
curbs amongst the hedge delineations between homes and old
clocks wind down throughout the houses in cul-de-sac laced with
bitumen and broken glass.
Dec 2, 2011
Dec 2, 2011 at 8:58 AM UTC
My life
for an instant,
wafting in and out of reality,
a breath taking verisimilitude
interchanged with my surroundings.
enclosed,
naked,
numb,
lying belly up in your palms.
Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014 at 10:44 AM UTC
Alone and Lonely
Two different words
Interchanged regularly
When they shouldn't be
Alone. (adjective)
On one's own
Lonely. (adjective)
Sad because one has no company
When I am alone
I'm not always lonely
When I am lonely
I'm not always alone
They aren't synonyms
Aug 2, 2013
Aug 2, 2013 at 2:28 AM UTC
a canary escaping the confines of its cage
yellow feathers floating, swirling, landing softly
like snowflakes on a child’s nose
wrists twisted, handcuffs broken
chains released, a neglected gem out of the shadows
potential unlocked
scars washed vigorously with soap
the marks of unfair ownership
faded yet never completely gone
sewing needles replaced by pens
aprons interchanged with suits
no longer silenced
free
Aug 25, 2017
Aug 25, 2017 at 1:28 AM UTC
extend
eyes look
first at it
then at eyes
a smile perhaps
maybe a forfeit
out of honor
often regular in common place nature
respect is shown
the gesture is known, by many
fingers placed with heat interchanged
an object of measure
given to friend or foe
quite the lovely present to gauge one's character.
Oct 4, 2012
Oct 4, 2012 at 11:06 PM UTC
This guy I know
The one most important
The one no longer there
Looks have been interchanged
Words have been spoken
This guy I know
The one who smiles so cheerfully
The one whose eyes sparkle
Layers have been peeled off
Secrets have been exchanged
This guy I know
The one whose hugs give warmth
The one whose touch electrifies
Feelings have surpassed
Emotions have intensified
This guy I know
The one who will lend a hand
The one who will listen
Safeness always present
Never turning backs
This guy I know
The one who inspires change
The one always there
Sep 30, 2011
Sep 30, 2011 at 8:34 AM UTC
In this life, I have had my struggles—
Mankind’s abuse, intolerance, wars, and corruption.
And no different were the personal aspects:
love, home, happiness—
All fleeting, no peace, within or external.
Then, I found you.
At first, I sought tranquility—
An ear to bend, a friendship perhaps.
Yet, you needed serenity, a peace within.
So, it was I who lent the ear, the shoulder, the words of understanding.
In this endeavor, I saw in you a trampled blossom—
Damaged, bent, a bit broken, but not a loss.
You just needed someone, anyone, to care,
To show you the light through the dark.
So, I listened, I nurtured,
Shown light, provided warmth,
Fed you, and caressed the soil with tears,
Until you felt whole again.
To be clear, I didn’t fix you;
I didn’t mold you.
You were whole, you were full of worth.
I only let you see what I see in you.
In turn, you saw me, as I saw you—
Someone discarded on the refuse of life.
Imparted, nay, reciprocated, the kindness you had received,
Knowing that I, like you, lay scarred and injured, but not a loss.
Tranquility and Serenity—
Words often interchanged,
But both have meanings that aren’t quite the same.
For one is peace in your surroundings, and the other is peace from within.
You cannot seek one
Without discovering and embracing the other.
Two sides of the same coin, like Yin and Yang,
Always seeking balance.
You guided me,
Lighting my way through the darkest moments.
I held steadfast, unwavering—the rock you needed,
A new foundation to build upon.
I confess this truth to you,
As you have given both, reciprocal,
As I have given unto you.
Time will tell.
This story has not ended.
It is still being written—
A journey to destinations unknown.
And all because,
I FOUND YOU.
Feb 8, 2025
Feb 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM UTC
*Polish a coin until it shines
A coin it still remains
Scratch the surface, smash the matter on the tracks
And yet the etching still ingrained
Flattened to the edge of flat
So the world around remains
As a coin which flips is falling fast
With fate less interchanged
No bounce determines forward path
Which wasn't first ordained
Mere steadfast midst matters of the past
For we all in life break change*
Feb 6, 2018
Feb 6, 2018 at 4:38 PM UTC
Jealousy??
A myth!!
A way to hide the truth
Love??
An illusion!!
A way to live with fake
Hatred??
A mystery!!
That happens for the wrong person
What if Love and Hatred be interchanged.
I wold hate you till the end of my life!!
Aug 15, 2018
Aug 15, 2018 at 7:09 AM UTC
This is the hour meanness bears
Girls marble eyes fatigued by sun-filled play on Summer sunny days.
Black angel of mine, meander near my truth; corral words interchanged between the mortal whims we buried near the sand and stone murals the coastline and ravines overthrew.
Many orchids, chocolate brushing a with death'careless needles- adapted since.
Now I follow you, the boldness of your emerald crown, and the swueakiness amidst your new Keens and their patter on the crackly ground.
A cute exists to cease your pain
It takes the somber in your ails
Then slivers off pieces of your bones.
The downside is you **** all day
Your fury enrages you more.
The three-step antibiotic treatment
Made the sick in you sicker-
Treats meant to wander freely Now we've been in this trapped plainness in trapped family nowhere-land; until so miserable, melancholy, and disappointed
Anger turns to shouting.
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016 at 11:46 PM UTC
Verse 1
The yearning to relate, convey and demonstrate
Desires interchanged, of pathways rearranged
To be enamoured of, a treasured soul
My ever one true love, to so unfold
A clear scenic sky, a hand to hold
Of memories passing by, let love evolve
Chorus
This is my gift to you, I’m sending this with love
I’m sending this with love
Embracing all that’s true, with faithfulness to you
I’m sending this with love
Verse 2
Of wisdom to engage, with letters to a page
Evoke and captivate, connected hearts relate
Of my weaknesses, that you complement
With true tenderness, you do bring out the best
You hold my true regard, beloved star you are
Passion interlaced, none could take your place
Chorus x2
Bridge
With love, with love, with love
With love, with love, with love
With love, with love, sending all my love
Written by Geraldine Taylor ©️
Aug 16, 2017
Aug 16, 2017 at 3:06 PM UTC
A star came to be me
shooting screams
granting your wishes,
Darling.
Aren't you happy that I finally feel?
Often I was numb
drifting somewhere
other than in me
My thoughts used to be yours
That's all I could think about
You
You
You
I became numb to my feelings
I wasn't me
I was you in me
searching for me
In you
because I lost me
I lost me in you
But on the other end,
I lost you, not in me, but in you.
you were meant to lose yourself in me
And me in you
Thus we, both, would still be
You and me
but me in you, and you in me,
but both still being us:
interchanged, intertwined,
us becoming the other
Until we found ourselves
lost in each other
But I lost me in you
And turned numb
Till I became a star
shooting screams
Granting your wishes
darling
Awaking
To find my way out
Out of this lost relation.
Dec 24, 2014
Dec 24, 2014 at 11:04 AM UTC
When legend created the world first came the question
Light or dark separated by the words, underlying meaning of things
Expressed in alphabetic notation always
Speaks with an accent, the fluidity of form
Inexpressible uncontainable strangeness
The leaf is a breath, food, healing and shade
You are not me and I am not you yet shadows of each other
Before the judgement comes it is, you are
I am, interchanged yet our own entities
No ultimate meaning beyond what one makes
Of this mess, snake's curious devastating boredom
Livelihood could be achieved or inspired
By something beyond,
Or lived without, in opaque dusk of utter meaninglessness
So I leave it up to the forces in charge
Spectator by nature
I rationalize what does not fall into place
You don't, now run, I am about to say it
Ambiguity!
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016 at 9:28 PM UTC
Memories washed up upon the shore
Only to be pulled back, inharmonious with time
Sticks closer than a brother, hate interchanged with love
Perseverance like no other yet broken down with a single word
Deepest recesses of the mind it harbors,
Hauntingly disappearing from thought
Could not comprehend the romantic felicity of such memories
Never been more alive than the day it occurred
Though believed to be often misconstrued
I hold them holier than thou
Jun 2, 2018
Jun 2, 2018 at 11:52 AM UTC
I really did like you…
As far as human interactions go.
Beyond the jagged edges of
metallic creations,
or the infinite circuitry
passing through information’s…
Like each other passing through one another.
Take a hood off,
waste a smile.
Cold ice glare,
warm caring stare.
Climb a case,
change your ways
to get out of another's
personal space.
Be yourself,
pretend to be someone else.
Have your day,
or put aside.
Love me blindly,
or blind my mind.
Kiss me here,
or have me never.
Pour the rain,
or clog the drain.
You were a victim too,
but they’re still going to charge you…
Very few get away.
Thinking about a society;
One in all or too many in a singular.
Put in place,
undeserved fate.
Stealing from another me...
Being something
I don’t want to be.
It doesn’t make it any better…
On the contrary,
it only makes it hurt more after.
Walk on by…
One of these times
the machine will stall
and it will be interchanged for
something that will not fail to fall.
Cutting me down to one knee,
or a pollution too powerful to last…
This one last time
I’ll watch her pass.
Feb 24, 2018
Feb 24, 2018 at 9:34 PM UTC