"pingpong" poems
Your eyes
Drew me in:
Large pingpong *****
With brown diamonds
Embedded in the center.
When you smiled,
I remembered not how your mouth curved,
But how your eyes
Brightened.
Even then I could tell you were a little delicate-
Okay a lot more delicate
Than you would let on, and
That your soul always forced its way out of you.
Nov 16, 2013
Nov 16, 2013 at 10:20 AM UTC
No assurance
No clear vision
For 15 hours, we
were far from fixture.
Donned in a coat
smart shoes and black,
We stood out in a sea of
superheroes and Jacks.
Pingpong *****
Baguettes.
Fake stories to people we just met.
Each time we caught
each other's gaze,
we always fell
into a hysterical maze.
Can you feel that?
It's called connection.
I do believe in sparks
and all that notion.
Black skies
dry eyes
coffee and you,
we continued to talk
and laugh
until the morning dew.
15 hours
but only stopped for 2.
The world was spinning
but your lips kept
me grounded.
Living in the moment,
I didn't worry where it
was headed.
Exceeded my expectations,
you proved yourself to be different.
Curbed what was naturally felt and needed.
So this is how it feels
to be alive again.
To genuinely feel something
deeper than skin.
Penetrated intellectually.
Tickled emotionally.
For 15 hours,
I was held the tightest
Conversed the deepest
Now you have my attention.
'Til we bridge the gap again!
Remember Koala,
my darling dearest.
Nov 2, 2014
Nov 2, 2014 at 5:15 PM UTC
the first time i met you, i had a beer in my hand
i pretended like a beer was enough to hush the voices in my head
i sat down next to you
you asked me if i wanted anything stronger, so i made my own
i didn't know your name
you were singing, you were laughing, you were smiling at me
you told me your name
i told someone i was good at pingpong
you told me you wanted to play me
i sat there hoping that it'd be tonight
you were smiling at me
i couldn't stop looking at you
my phone kept buzzing, the guy i thought i loved thought he loved me
you asked me to follow you downstairs
i couldn't play ping pong for ****
you kept smiling, i kept shaking
i kept drinking
i kept drinking
i kept pretending like you didn't interest me
i don't remember the rest of the night
all i could do was hope
hope for another night with you
i kept drinking
you kept smiling
Dec 3, 2015
Dec 3, 2015 at 9:57 PM UTC
WHEN THOUGHTS ABOUT IT FLOW IN YOUR MIND PINGPONG,
AND YOU GET CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING IT WRONG,
ITS RIGHTFULNESS IS NOTHING BUT WAITING FOR YOU TO COME TOWARDS IT HEADLONG!
Sep 24, 2018
Sep 24, 2018 at 11:43 AM UTC