February 19, 2010

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  • Unrequited Love
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  • Fantasy
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  • Child

    February 19, 2010

     

     

    I.

     

    I am a child reaching

    For a toy I can’t reach

    But I see it and I want it.

     

    II.

     

    When thoughts become

    Suddenly too hard to manage

    And it’s all just a fantasy

    All of my energy is exhausted.

     

    III.

     

    While she is busy

    With one thing

    or another

    I am as always

    In the same spot.

     

    She is a fragment

    In my mind

    For now until

    I can have her for real.

     

    IV.

     

    It would be nice

    To see you for real

    If I could afford the luxury.

     

    V.

     

    As I look up from below

    Down underground

    I reach up and try

    To grab something.

     

    I can hold on to

    The air and the wind

    But I cannot hold onto her.

     

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    hippiegirl commented on February 19, 2010

    03-12-2010

    Heartbreaking.....beautiful words. Very well written
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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