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I dialed your cell
And as the familiar tone of
High pitched ringing
Broke the arid silence,
I played through all of my
Confessions for you.
That I had realized I was wrong-
That after month after month of
Sweaty, unsatisfying, worthless trysts with
Faceless, nameless, unimportant bodies-
I knew that you were worth
More than the glistening
Blue of the Smithsonian Hope-
That I required you more basely than
Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Carbon-
That the curve of my hips and square of my jaw
Fit no cupped palm, nor lengthy finger-branches
Better than yours-
That I had reached the stabbing- deadly-
Acceptance- that you were Everything-
Like scraping, cracked nails, tearing against
The spongy, weak, fleshy walls of my insides-
And that only you-
Only ever you-
Were worth the wait.
I would do just.
If it was what you needed,
I would wait
Until the Earth and Humanity and
every vision to ever bring happiness
to any heartbroken lover
Crumbled back into the chaos and the stardust
it was birthed from-
As our world distorted and decayed and deteriorated
Into hour glass powder to be blown between the
Meager cracks within the tightly woven Universe-
Only if given the promise
That you would be with me
To hold my hands with your hands-
To caress my lips with your lips-
And to match my steady breaths with
those from your lungs
As we finally watched our everything dissipate
back into the ether.
I would wait.
But you didn't answer
And I have voicemail anxiety
So I just hung up.
And as the familiar tone of
High pitched ringing
Broke the arid silence,
I played through all of my
Confessions for you.
That I had realized I was wrong-
That after month after month of
Sweaty, unsatisfying, worthless trysts with
Faceless, nameless, unimportant bodies-
I knew that you were worth
More than the glistening
Blue of the Smithsonian Hope-
That I required you more basely than
Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Carbon-
That the curve of my hips and square of my jaw
Fit no cupped palm, nor lengthy finger-branches
Better than yours-
That I had reached the stabbing- deadly-
Acceptance- that you were Everything-
Like scraping, cracked nails, tearing against
The spongy, weak, fleshy walls of my insides-
And that only you-
Only ever you-
Were worth the wait.
I would do just.
If it was what you needed,
I would wait
Until the Earth and Humanity and
every vision to ever bring happiness
to any heartbroken lover
Crumbled back into the chaos and the stardust
it was birthed from-
As our world distorted and decayed and deteriorated
Into hour glass powder to be blown between the
Meager cracks within the tightly woven Universe-
Only if given the promise
That you would be with me
To hold my hands with your hands-
To caress my lips with your lips-
And to match my steady breaths with
those from your lungs
As we finally watched our everything dissipate
back into the ether.
I would wait.
But you didn't answer
And I have voicemail anxiety
So I just hung up.
Literature
Over
To be over something
is to ride a speed bump
up to its crescent
and crush it
under tire
until the road is wrinkle-free.
To be over, some
tires have to lose
their grip
on past reality.
To be over someone
is to drive a car
through potholes
to find smooth road
ahead.
To be over, some
one has to say
those potholes
don't feel like quicksand
anymore.
Because it is over -
you are the speed bump
that can become
a level crossing.
You can watch
your train of thought
passing by, lay
a thumbprint upon the ground
and cry
Then step back,
let the vision vanish
into dust
Let the life tracks
left behind
form a new railway.
Then,
drive away.
Literature
Waiting
The summer of ‘67, funerals fanned out
like a poker hand in Mother’s family.
You could see she'd waited a lifetime
for this one, black dress in plastic,
handkerchief ironed and folded, ready.
She forced herself to touch the badge,
the service revolver, sweat-stained
brim on a hook in the hall.
She would conjure everything in time,
enough to rise above the casseroles,
the Jello salads melting in our kitchen,
hoarded tears poised above the glare
of Tupperware and Avon calling.
It was in the way she held her mouth,
her breath, waiting for something beautiful.
A childhood ago, summer nights,
her skin had prickled at the cru
Literature
i promise it wasn't you
one:
that boy taught me that girls who speak up
are not fit for loving.
that bastard taught me that girls who say no
are not fit for loving;
it was my voice or my heart,
and i chose love.
(after all,
isn't that the greatest thing?)
two.
when the pain weighted my
body to the floor,
when the carpet covered me with dust
and claimed my bones,
my friends called me lazy.
"where are your wounds?"
i cupped my glued-up heart in my hands.
they rolled their eyes
and turned away,
asked me why i'd turn myself
into some craft project
for a hopeless, wandering boy
and night after night i cried
"i don't know, i don't know,
i don't know."
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Final Draft: 1 January 2015
I wrote the first draft on 12 December 2014, but I hated the original beginning (it wasn't passionate enough) so I let it fester for a few weeks and this is what I came up with
*Update: 2/17/15* I've submitted this new version of this poem to a literary magazine, using my professional pseudonym Celina Smythe. Just so y'all know, in case it does get accepted.
**UPDATE: 3/13/15**
This poem has been accepted for publication in The Barker's Voice: A Journal of Arts and Letters!!!!
It will be viewable on May 5, 2015, at their website: lonestarvoice.org
It will be credited to my pseudonym, Celina Smythe, just so you guys know. Also, I have another poem published with their current issue, credited to the same name. So feel free to check that out. I'm super excited about this development :3 Yay!!!
I wrote the first draft on 12 December 2014, but I hated the original beginning (it wasn't passionate enough) so I let it fester for a few weeks and this is what I came up with
*Update: 2/17/15* I've submitted this new version of this poem to a literary magazine, using my professional pseudonym Celina Smythe. Just so y'all know, in case it does get accepted.
**UPDATE: 3/13/15**
This poem has been accepted for publication in The Barker's Voice: A Journal of Arts and Letters!!!!
It will be viewable on May 5, 2015, at their website: lonestarvoice.org
It will be credited to my pseudonym, Celina Smythe, just so you guys know. Also, I have another poem published with their current issue, credited to the same name. So feel free to check that out. I'm super excited about this development :3 Yay!!!
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Awwwesooomme! I love the way you built this up, then brought it crashing down into a smoking heap!