"teensy" poems
The snow drifts were
quite high, piling up into the
northern sky, burying
towns and trees and the poor souls who
had fallen asleep on the grass
and had awoken with shivers as snowflakes
left little kisses on their eyelids.
Except that, it was never grass. There was never any grass to begin with. There was no grass
or spring
or sun
or summer
or birds.
There was only winter and snow.
And the blinding, white terrain had become both a place of desolation and
s a n c t u a r y.
The Aroura Borealis danced like a beautiful blue fire across the night sky. Stars blinked in and out of existence.
And somehow, the halls always remained.
The blue halls.
Imagine, if you will, the Colosseum cut into halves and shaped like an elbow macaroni. Drop it out in the middle of an arctic wasteland and wash it in the blue glow of the northern, night sky.
A bright yellow light poured out of the windows and onto the snow, but no one was ever inside.
Some say it's the doorway to heaven.
Others say it's the gates of hell.
And then there are the strangers. Strangers who wear their lavender, silk headscarves and avoid the rumors of such an exquisite and eclectic piece of architecture.
Others like myself.
"If there is no one inside, then where is the music coming from?" He asked me, his blue eyes shining as blue as the heavenly hues against the midnight clouds.
" The halls will hum if the wind passes through them just so."
We listened to them once more. A low and ancient hum emanated from the structure. It was an old sound that resonated within me-unnerved me.
The mysterious blue halls were not a simple door to some glorious silver city or the passageway to a fiery lake.
The halls were the most beautiful and interesting instrument the universe has even known.
"It's the harmonica of the gods!"
Perhaps one of them
dropped it.
Perhaps it was a flaw in design.
Perhaps it was meant to be silent and with one teensy miscalculation, an entire orchestra of notes were born by the wind.
Perhaps it is telling me to tell you that you should look not towards all that makes you perfect, but the imperfections because that is where true beauty rests.
And you are so beautiful. The kind of beauty that doesn't know it's own beauty. Like when you are sleeping, and the moon washes over your face. I like when you are sleeping, for you are so beautiful, yet so unaware.
Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021 at 9:45 PM UTC
you play
finger puppets
in the black sky
warm
unperturbed
little worms
eating
hot soil
and foot
“I’m going to
eat this star.
Actually, I’m going
to eat them all.
I’m awfully
hungry.”
you find the
nutella I hid
under the rock
and dip the
puppets in
“Did you know
I sew?
I sewed these
puppets.
Even
the little black
eyes and the
teensy red
buttons. All in
the patience
this sky taught
me.”
your mouth
is dry and
you search
for lake water
“I swear, it’s
so hard being
a fish in
Arizona.”
the desert
agrees
once
we prayed for
rain and danced
naked in
the sand
now it’s
night and
the sand went
to sleep
now it’s night
and the stars
are disks
“Lord, take
me now. I’m a
painter, a
painter without
color.”
the act is
over
the shield
put down
and the night
swallows
disks
as you lick
chocolate paint
from your
fingers
“Goodnight, friend.
Sleep well, fish.
Until tomorrow, moon.”
your body
fresh
black
the emerald
of color
Feb 20, 2016
Feb 20, 2016 at 11:08 AM UTC
i love older boys who teach me how to blow
smoke rings in the parking lot
of strip malls.
i love pink clothes and skirts
that hide the lines of my lace
underthings.
i love getting in a car
with someone many inches taller than me
who won't tell me where we're going.
i love cigarettes
and lighters
and their not-so-secret love affair.
i love looking down into the sky
and waiting for gravity to end
so i can fall.
i love playing mind games
with people who are "in love" with me
as sick as it may be.
i love taking teensy pills
that make me feel
tall, tall, tall.
i love being scared
that the manager will find out
that i stole a hundred dollar necklace.
i love all of these things.
but not me.
Oct 30, 2013
Oct 30, 2013 at 10:51 PM UTC
He was going to get her a little plant,
and would be teensy-tiny and green
and the little plant would never die.
He would name it "Neville",
and she would giggle at the name
and the little plant would never die.
He would find her a little cactus,
or an aloe plant that had no spikes
(so she wouldn't ***** her fingers),
and the little plant would never die.
He would remind her to water it,
and she would tell him she forgot,
and it was a good thing he reminded her,
and the little plant would never die.
He would go over and visit it,
and he would visit her while he was at it,
and the little plant would never die.
He would bring her books about plants,
so she would know all about hers,
and the little plant would never die.
He would sing the plant little songs
when he visited the plant and her,
and she would like those little songs,
and the little plant would never die.
He would whisper I love you
to the plant, of course,
but she would hear it,
and the little plant would never die.
He would hear her say it too,
and he would understand,
and the little plant would never die.
But he did not get her a little plant.
The little plant would never die,
but she was not a little plant.
Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 2017 at 4:26 PM UTC
*A soft, and magical pearlescent blanket
Covered the alluring streets
Lightly and gently, to the touch
Falling slightly, beyond adorable tiny feet
With sparkling snowflakes
Streaming into delicate strokes, with ease
And frosty icicles, decorated the land
On this snowy, winter freeze
In laughter, tots place their teensy fingers
Upon their crimson precious face
Looking up in happiness, and reaching out
Capturing the beauty, of tumbling sprinkles, in amaze
While gently unfolding their little hands
And flakes, mysteriously disappear
A fantasy, and wonderful experience
As they mesmerized the season and shed joyous tears*
Oct 3, 2014
Oct 3, 2014 at 10:09 PM UTC
how my balloon became addicted to helium is a cautionary in a coal mine
choking on fumes, next to the garden hose, all snakes and power-lines
entangled in the turbulence of absolute calm , a rarefied catastrophe
an asterix, just to the right
of the meaningless word
you would say
to me.
how my balloon became addicted to helium is a lost tomb.
teensy- weensy bones are polished
very close to microphones.
i would have to be the nothingness,
just for the night
[ followed by the longest day with you. ]
jimmy the lock
and fish out the quills;
we'll write a new desolation in cuneiform and iron will -
throw out your kinsmen
if they be discontinuous...
to shave a few hours off
time wasted
delirious.
Oct 17, 2012
Oct 17, 2012 at 2:06 PM UTC
Little glass axolotl perfect
shades of pink and orange.
Found him at the thrift store
brought him home &
shone him up with some
windex and a cotton cloth.
Now he sits on the shelf
and sometimes I pick him
up to marvel at the smoothness
of his back, and the perfectly formed gills
at the sides of his head.
My little glass axolotl
is one of the things that
pulls me through papers
with his tiny smile and
teensy toes. This is love caught in
silica and pigment. Yes this
is what love is.
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021 at 1:28 PM UTC
my friends, my friends
we are birds on power lines
huddled for warmth
specks against the grey
surrounded by the late october gloom
and the steam rising up from the gutters
we are restless and sour
eyes pointing outward
-
every step
every teensy, solitary step
sealed with egg shell footprints
womb nostalgia
tenderness found in autumn colored flashes,
moth-wick sparkles, and fried dandelion blossoms
we remember our grandmas’ knuckles,
chipped tiles on the kitchen floor
-
my dear, my dear
we are stray brown tabbies
bellowing rumble, ears stripped of fur
settled into our corner of the front porch
once we were roustabouts;
waltzing to the waxing and wane
carpeted floors gave way to concrete chill
but now the summers seem longer
-
the smell of cardboard,
cinder block walls, and duck pond water
stale memories with naked omens
we turn to face the chilling draft;
tomorrow
harping on and on about grey areas
while we kick up alley gravel
balanced by surface tension
-
under quilts counting freckles
plasma paychecks peddling uphill
Nov 16, 2014
Nov 16, 2014 at 11:59 PM UTC
Adolf ****** was a German I'm sure you all well know:
He was born in Austria but lived in Germany a long time ago.
He was a man who was fuelled by patriotic ambition,
(he had other things on his mind apart from big **** and coition).
The German people were the victims of economic recession,
Caused by the French government's revanchist aggression,
And der schoene Adolf promised he would sort out the place,
And would restore them to their rightful position as ze Master Race.
With stirring speeches and a fantastic propaganda machine,
His political opponents and ze Jews he loudly demeaned,
And thus, plus a teensy-weensy bit of naughty oppression,
He was able to fulfil his great and glorious mission.
Although some Germans re ****** were a little bit unhappy,
Most of them thought he was a really top rate chappie;
The rest of the world remained relatively silent on the matter too,
Not realising just what old Adolf really intended to do.
In the USA they gave him place of honour on the front page of 'Time'
Which surely sent out to Adolf quite a hopeful sign;
And secretly millions cheered him on when they got the news
Of what he and his cronies were doing to those Jews.
When a man like ****** you choose to blithely ignore
Then you should work out that what comes next is war;
Which is what happened with a Bang! Crash! Boom! and Thump!
But Hitler's not nearly half as ugly as that awful Donald Trump.
Oct 21, 2016
Oct 21, 2016 at 12:03 PM UTC
i leaned to smoke
from film noir
the gritty grey frames
i first saw in cloudy rooms
completely antithetical to the vibrant blockbusters
from my childhood
if i can afford it
i still buy a non-filtered soft-pack
and puff them
three puffs just before
anything is inhaled
mostly for effect
drama
but when i cant
i just think of bogart
tear the filter off
and proceed
but it was never
so much about the act
drawing in a cloud
of overly-processed plant matter
but about the etiquette
if you have ever burned down
something without cotton
you know it is certainly a messy ordeal
but what hepburn and tracy taught
what grant and cagney spoke
with their actions of course
is that there is a reason to this madness
i practice
and i try to teach
that this is an elegant process
while taking in a deep breath
of something
you arent encouraged to love
without any health benefits
simply out of a base habit
some of that **** is going to get in your mouth
it may taste bitter too,
depending on how your buds are aligned,
but grow up
you cant keep just spitting where
other people will soon walk
they never did that
my heroes
instead
they stuck out
the tip of their tongue
pursed their lips
as the face made by
a baby on a commuter rail
staring at you
and you echo back
with a tiny poke
of your front 10000 buds
mostly for spectacle
and when that teensy bit emerges
within or without the train
you have to gently pick
with the forefinger and the thumb
the infinitesimal bits
resting at the tip
pluck them away
rub those two finger together
and pretend
that youre only smoking
and
if you arent looking closely enough
ill tell you
things are turning back into grey
and you turn RIGHT back into
the misogynist you hated
but emulated
youre still smoking though
handing out smokes in fact
holding up "the walls of jericho"
laughing at those
who dont know how
to fold a sheet
oh. but i pledge to quit
and you to change
and us to bond
and my smokes to wain
this isnt about the filter-less
that i had at 3am
its about what i commit
and what you
can respond with
how this can work
and the etiquette necessary
let me
let me
pick the fleck from the tip
of the teasing tongue
just for you
and you tell me
when i have something
in the place that
used to be my mustache
May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 at 4:03 AM UTC
I remember like it was yesterday. There were three.
I stood there, face pressed to the glass as I looked into
A room filled with chaos, joy, and plenty of frenzy.
I didn't understand the tubes, or why something so small
Took so long to finally come into this world,
But I was fascinated.
Dad was standing beside me and smiling.
He said something to me, but I was too
Entranced by you.
The nurses pulled you each up to the window,
That way I could get a better look.
My face contorted, and I felt confused.
I think it worried Dad just a teensy bit,
The way I was looking at you.
He leaned over me and asked,
"What's the matter?"
I wasn't sure what to say to him.
So I straightened my glasses,
Stared him in the eye,
And boldly said,
"My newborn brothers look like naked mole rats."
Apr 25, 2010
Apr 25, 2010 at 6:36 AM UTC
Remark, pageant, how well this worn Cartesian speaks silence instead of wit.
Crucify maybe and often; singsong prattle succumbs him you.
Torturified lamb’s breath, teensy sighs and sweep of tentacled agog garners attention and wildfire – hop and home to not attend, to see.
Brandish magma wake and crystal cleanse re-barb, vicious cycle in heat patterned pro-guiro neural network, neat, loud for senses laden.
Up them and through them.
Scent the seeks you stones in barb, a fence in white a guttered prose, slitherentine.
Stately made his gatekeep - defend you. Harbor outwards with willpower nonchalant.
Pardon his with provocations, decadent don’t they know. (You know you, don’t they?)
And then.
Feb 20, 2017
Feb 20, 2017 at 4:43 PM UTC
Expectations are a funny thing
You expect things of yourself, which is beneficial
Goals you'd like to achieve, a future you work to write
it's the expectations of others that bring to the table a problem.
There's a thing to be said for letting your loved ones choose their own paths
There's a little teensy thing that always gets stepped on
name's freedom, mom.
In its small voice it cries out and argues on your behalf
Too often do we set it aside
Disregard a valid point
Stifle a light
So I ask of you a simple thing
Let me live my life how I choose
Not how you'd prefer me to build myself, dad.
But the crooked, beautiful way I piece things together
on my own.
Dec 22, 2010
Dec 22, 2010 at 3:33 PM UTC
Not entirely crazy though a teensy bit insane
outside in the daylight, my mind runs as clear as rain.
I took the test they gave me to find a compatible fellow
Roses are red, Violets are blue, but my heart is screaming yellow.
I bottled up my beeswax, showered off the gloom
hello fresh air and sunshine, come pouring through my room.
Started talking to a stranger, not the average Joe
wait until I meet him, the only way to know.
Yarrow is a color, I heard the Asian mutter
held the petals 'neath my chin to see if I like butter.
An over-ripe banana, brown speckled, getting soft
waitin' for his perfect match, the others he has scoffed.
Not easily misguided, he won't buy into hype
Perfect match confided, he's not the risky type.
Yellow is not fade proof, it washes out in time
hang your heart out here to dry, wind blows it off the line.
Whatever is the point here, of how she done you wrong
your history's no matter to me, it's always the same old song
No longer scared, just waiting, been down around the block
I've hopscotched all these sidewalks, know the cracks and saved my chalk
Today I am feeling ready, tomorrow I'm bleeding blue
orange you glad I'm yellow, a bright and crazy hue?
I don't need no internet, or men to entertain
just read my lips and bring some chips
I'll meet you at the train....
Just read my chin
and hold the gin
I'll meet you at the train!
read my mail
and go to jail
I'll meet you at the train!
read my book
and take a look
I'll meet you at the train!
leave your momma
and hold that comma
I'll meet you at the train!
and if by chance
you like to dance
I'll meet you at the train.
Mar 27, 2014
Mar 27, 2014 at 2:45 PM UTC
Moi Saint Paddy Fake Trump Petted Family Irish vignette
At the tender age of fifteen years old, Aaron O’Harris boarded the Dublin gangplank and made a mental note to drop the “O” as this paternal grandson faintly recalls such anecdote told to me when just a wee itty bitty teensy weensy whipper snapper of a lad.
His decisive gait echoed across the wooden walkway.
Straight away (on that blustery march dawn – circa late twentieth century), he briskly boarded the ship that would shortly depart from the Emerald Isle and take him to America.
My paternal grandfather quickly wiped away stray tears at the prospect of severing ties with a large brood of siblings.
An abusive alcoholic father and passive mother would hardly notice the absence one son among a dozen plus offspring.
Matter of fact, a voluntary choice to become an immigrant in the Matzoh land of milk and honey would translate as one less mouth to feed.
The journey across the cold waters of the Atlantic began in earnest once the captain and crew pulled up anchor and instinctively oriented sights toward an invisible point thousands of miles distant.
While on board the long journey, he (known in traditional Gaelic as Sainmhíniú) kept the tedium at bay and kept himself occupied with divers pursuits.
An accidental trait eventually discerned in him from others to be a natural born leader by other passengers.
A good many of these other fellow countrymen and women (many with small children in tow) shared the common goal of starting life anew in the United States, and discovered him to be adroit at not only playing such games as checkers, chess, cribbage, but adept with singing (in traditional Brogue), and performing fancy foot work.
Improvisational songs (based on tunes from the home of Eire) evoked sadness at leaving the motherland (steeped in a rich history steeped in legend and lore), yet also excitement about beginning an adventure with countless opportunities to witness potential fortune or fame.
Visions of streets paved with plenty of golden wealth brimmed and danced supposedly available and within easy reach for those who possessed pluck.
May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017 at 10:24 PM UTC
*have you read the book of lies
such a comfort
to know how acceptable we are
like well placed silverware
as long as i keep moon shadow
in a cellar box shut tight
where little cocka demons
play unuttered
you can't hear them rustling about
but
i shake little bats and owls from my socks
am i lookin congenial today
just a teensy icky inside
bubbles in the belly
clinched toes in crowded shoes
eek
hope i'm not dead and don't know it
my graciousness plastered on
like white sheep over a goat
to get what i need of course
to make friends and influence
sorry
about my ti ti ticks
the way my fi fi fingers fi fi fidget
my towels are folded
and in place
vanilla cup cakes with sprinkles
all in a row
like little ballerinas prancing
as plutonic volcanoes heat
like spires pandemonium
my life a white glove inspection
all pressed and starched
like a mythic poem
written by a ******
stiff with holiness
as saints float over my head
yet the world
for all my good
a thunderous
black light*
Jun 28, 2017
Jun 28, 2017 at 2:12 PM UTC
there was a tiny girl
who lived in a shoe
she had so much footwear
she didn't know what to do:
itsy-bitsy teensy-weensy
sneakers and pumps
and microscopic oxfords
that made her heart jump
the little clogs she wore
were custom-made in france
they went well with leisurewear
like her blue capri pants
she loved her ballet slippers
(the ones that did not pinch)
and preferred stilettos with heels
a sixteenth of an inch
her favorite choice of footgear
was a gift that could not be hipper:
a resplendent miniature pair
of magical ruby slippers
and she looked quite lovely always
wearing a minuscule diamond crown
and was the belle of every ball
as she twirled in her wee princess gown
Jul 8, 2015
Jul 8, 2015 at 1:31 PM UTC
The words we swap;
Small whispers.
The images we collect;
Blissful memories.
The scenarios we create;
Long embraces.
Are all so beautiful;
The sight of your face.
Are all so amazing;
The smell of your hair.
Are all so magical;
Your hand on my thigh.
They leave me wanting;
Just a teensy bit.
Mar 7, 2011
Mar 7, 2011 at 3:51 AM UTC
only ever caught a glimpse of love off of your windshield
nothing more than a reflection
closest encounter of such was when the windscreen shattered upon intimacy,
leaving these….. bruises i can’t get over
a colour somewhere in between azure and lavender that remains unclassified and unlabelled as of now
things without a name, like majority of the past and various faces.
i’ll admit i’ve lost sight of some.
some i’ve spent trying to recollect in contrast of being haunted by various locations i’ve yet to gather the courage to re-encounter
unavoidable, i’ve learnt.
too many to count using just two hands.
you’ve sewn the teensy bits of sadness in between your fingers
if anything they’re filling the gap that managed to find its way to you
scarred and bruises but darling you look fine, if not better off.
when it’s your time to go, wouldn’t you want the cuts to show?
Jun 22, 2014
Jun 22, 2014 at 1:02 PM UTC
Dear World
You never wanted us BUT They are constantly putting us in packs of 12, 24 even sometimes 64. I do get used every once in a while on black paper and it makes me feel young again. So if i were to have one wish it would be to use black paper more often ! OR even just to give me a head massage use me on white paper. I’m just so tired of being tall while others get worn down to teensy weensy stubs. So PLEASE hear our plea and use us more.
Sincerely
The White Crayons
Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 at 3:42 PM UTC
Them shabby,greedy,grasping grabby gits what sits on Whitehall's seats gives me the heebies
what with all them bleeding freebies it beats me what we has them for,it's sods own law but them lot there don't give a flying monkeys,they just don't care for the likes of me and you,
but it's me and you what makes them rich and still the greedy buggers itch for more and more,
a case of Orwell's nineteen eighty four and there's no ragged trousered philanthropists anymore,the score being, them one and us nil and the swines send us the ****** bill and if you haven't got the readies it's off to beddy byes up hangmans hill,
them ******** will
get you in the end,bend you to their way of thinking,put holes in you until you're sinking and throw you a promissory note,does **** float?
I think not
but I think it's what we get and all they've got,
it's a right old liberty with the men at the thin end of the ministry and the fat cats get them rats to batten us down.
Out of town it gets no better,they google and with the letter of the law move in to nick you,it makes me sick,an Englishman's home should be his castle not the knocking shop for them what has to hassle,but
it's in the doings and when the doings become undone, we see it now with the knife and the gun
and that's no fun.neither is the sharp end of the stick they **** and poke us with,
it's donkeys and dogs and the laps of the gods and we sit and drink tea when the clock strikes three
because we're all a little crazy,
a teensy off key,
we have to be
to survive.
Jun 14, 2014
Jun 14, 2014 at 6:14 PM UTC
I hate in betweens
Always have
I'd rather know
One way or another
The truth
Suspense is literal torture to my soul
But
For you
Only you
I shall try
To be understanding
To give you that space
To be the better person
To be "mature".
Even though everything
I mean everything that is me
Screams in madness
Fury rippling down my back
Fear settling in my stomach
All of me
If possible
Could shake you silly
Drive home some sense
Hold you tight and refuse
Point blank
To let go.
In hope
A teensy bit of it
That you will come back
To me
Back to these arms that miss your angles
Back to these lips that miss your own
Back to this simple sole body
That feels bone dry
Rattling empty
Without you
To fill her in.
So be done
With these emotions that pull you away
And come back to me
My friend
My love
My life.
Mar 22, 2015
Mar 22, 2015 at 11:14 PM UTC
II
Just let me flip the sign,
There’s no need to be disturbed.
Now that you’re inside, Sir,
Please,
Please, have a seat-
Let me have a tiny peek
At what you need
What you seek
Inside your mind,
I won’t tell!
Privacy
Is guaranteed
For my clientele
If you gaze into the crystal here
Your wish shall then become
Crystal clear-
Just a joke, my dear customer
To lighten up your mood
Now tell me every fantasy;
Everything you wished to be;
All the wonders you want to see
Performed for you today!
Oh?
What’s this we have here?
What’s that pretty bauble there?
Is it your pretty lover fair
With emerald eyes and raven hair?
I can spin a dream from that-
Are you sure there’s nothing more?
Nothing exciting in that head of yours?
It’ll be your dream, after all
Why not look deeper in my crystal ball-
You’re already here, within my grasp,
Surely that’s not much to ask-
I only want to help!
Did you ever seek to be a king?
Or was being rich a flight of passing
Fancy in your thoughts?
Ah, well,
It’s your decision, after all
I’m just the lever that makes the pieces fall
Oh-so-neatly into place.
That’s a good lad,
Reconsider, all your wishes
Can be had-
I can make them real today!
With a wave of my hand
I can make it all yours!
That is, of course,
After we discuss my fee-
I’m afraid I don’t deal in money,
Nothing so droll,
So normal and dreary
Really appeals to me.
But what I want, dear boy,
Is simple enough, and can suffice
Just a teensy-weensy, small
Tiny bit of your life-
Come now, come now,
Don’t make that face
Like you’re abhorred;
You’re young and virile, with much in store!
I wouldn’t think of taking it first-
Nothing so ghastly, I’ll take the worst!
Just a few years off the very end
You won’t miss them at all, my friend-
Time from when you’re old and grey,
Your body past it’s glory days-
You won’t even notice, I promise.
Of course,
For a slightly steeper rate-
Forget the dreams! How ‘bout fate?
Live the rest of your life in luxury
In control of everything you see
And anything your heart desires
That sets your mind and soul a-fire
Can all be yours as well!
I see I hold your attention,
Did I perhaps, forget to mention
That little trinket of knowledge?
See right here,
The back of my card
Underneath the moon and stars-
It’s fine print, I know it’s hard
To read;
I do the occasional miracle on the side
Completely, 100% certified-
Or your money back. Guaranteed.
You can put your trust in me.
Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 at 4:14 PM UTC
like all, I yearned to love
in spite of potential pain
but now this anti-love bites hard
agony and shock surge through my veins
an army of fury and contempt
rush forth, crown fear both queen and king
this anti-love marches on
attacking with rage-inducing sting
but I can't hate this anti-love, no
I confess when push comes to shove
I cherish the teensy bits of joy
I share with the little ant I love
Nov 21, 2018
Nov 21, 2018 at 12:03 AM UTC
How scary it would be,
To fall into a love
That is not reciprocated
I couldn't sleep tonight.
What kind of **** is that?
You say
We’re moving too fast, and
You aren’t ready for something serious
That’s fine.
But your body speaks another language of magnitude
While we lay on my teensy, tiny mattress for hours
As my vision slows
From the spliff
That we smoked,
We laugh
You don’t have to say a **** thing.
Because your body speaks volumes.
My exclusive, elusive comedian
You say
You might have to abstain from me
For a couple of days
With a laugh
Because things are moving too fast
Because it’s not really a big deal to not speak
Because I don’t like that joke
Because I don’t think it’s a joke
See,
If you wanted slow,
You wouldn’t kiss me with a striking urgency
That makes my heart beat anything but
“slow”
You have a funny notion of this
“slow”
Because the feelings I have for you are alarming
Because our head space is not alike
Because we’re moving way too fast
Because I forgot this isn’t a two way street
Because
“Slow”
Is when you moan my name
And you tell me you adore the sound of “nail” rolling off your tongue
And I agree
Because
“Slow”
Is when my ****** belongs to you
And only to you
Because you said so
Because I agreed
Because
“Slow” is when you tell me
That you are infatuated with my body
Because you know what to say
Because I’m sick
Because you knew that
Because that’s all I wanted to hear
Because I want to know *what the ****
Kind of slow this is*???
I refuse
To fall victim to a love that is unrequited
And I refuse to expose myself to you
Raw and unapologetic
Because that’s who I am
Because suddenly it’s
“too much”
And I’m
“too young”
and you
“aren’t ready”
But you ****** me
Like you were
Aug 28, 2016
Aug 28, 2016 at 10:06 AM UTC