POETRY DAY!

AUTHOR: NOT ME! =)

IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU SHOULD WALK INTO THIS ROOM/

AND SEEK ME OUT

AND CATCH MY EYE

AND WALK TOWARDS ME

AND HOLD MY HAND

AS THOUGH THE YEARS HAVE NOT TAUGHT

US TO HATE/

AND DESPISE AND LOATHE

THE VERY MEMORY OF US/

 

IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU CAN MAKE ME

REMEMBER SO WELL/

MEMORIES I THOUGHT I NEVER HAD AT ALL

AND BRING ME TO FACE THE BITTERSWEETNESS

OF THE VERY MEMORY OF US

IT'S FUNNY HOW, ALMOST JUST AS WE

BEGAN TO REMEMBER TOGETHER,

TO WHISPER THE FAMILIAR WORDS

OF FAMILIAR SONGS,

TO TRACE FAMILIAR LINES ON FAMILIAR

HANDS/

YOU SHOULD HAVE TO DROP MY HAND

AND LOOK AWAY

AND SEEK THE DOOR

AND VANISH AGAIN INTO A PHANTOM

OF THE VERY MEMORY OF US

IT'S FUNNY,YES, FOR THE VERY MEMORY

OF US/

IS ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN MY

SELFISH HOPE, MY QUIET WISH

A FRAGILE, THIN THREAD THAT SEPARATES

WHAT WAS ONCE LOVE

AND IS NOW SIMPLY JUST MY PAIN...

 

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POET: RAY KROFT

I LOVE YOU/ NOT ONLY FOR WHAT

YOU ARE BUT FOR WHAT I AM/

WHEN I AM WITH YOU...

I LOVE YOU/ NOT ONLY FOR WHAT

YOU'VE MADE OF YOURSELF BUT

FOR WHAT/ YOU ARE MAKING

OF ME...

I LOVE YOU/ FOR THE PART OF ME/

THAT YOU BRING OUT, / I LOVE YOU/

FOR PUTTING YOUR HAND INTO

MY HEAPED-UP HEART AND

PASSING OVER/ ALL FOOLISH

WEAK THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T

HELP/ DIMLY SEEING THERE.

AND FOR DRAWING OUT/ INTO THE

LIFE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL BELONGINGS

THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD LOOKED/

QUITE FAR ENOUGH TO FIND.

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE

HELPING TO MAKE/ OF THE

LUMBER OF MY LIFE NOT A

TOWER/ BUT A TEMPLE; OUT

OF WORKS/ OF EVERY DAY

NOT A REPROACH/ BUT A SONG...