I’ve had some trouble deciding what to share in this week’s sample of ‘The Words,’ but I finally settled on some poetry. It’s from the summer of 2004, when my life was in utter chaos, and I was birthing the ME that I am now. None of them are titled, because for some reason I wasn’t titling poems then. They are also short, which is somewhat unusual for me.
A spark of friendship
Sharing and laughter
Encouragement and trust
Warming, greeting
Bursting into a flame of love
Passion and yearning
Desire and comfort
Burning brightly
Forever
Well, I don’t like the line spacing here, and don’t know how to fix it. To me it makes poetry disjoined having so much space between lines. I often see poems visually, as on a page or screen, and write them accordingly. I’d forgotten this blog set-up was that way, so if I can’t control how my words and lines are placed, I’ll probably not post much more poetry.
Here’s another, darker, one, also from that time.
Darkness
Sitting in my empty room
Listening to sad songs
Tears running down my face
Missing you
And the last of this trilogy. I really want every other line indented, but can’t get it to happen here. All a part of my frustrating day… Maybe I’ll write a poem about THAT!
Surrounded by others
yet feeling alone
Searching, but failing
never finding the One
My life was settled
And so had I
I’d never reach the heights
never I’d fly
Finding a friend
showing the real me
Past becomes future
it’s all yet to be
Discovering each other
remembering too
Comfort and passion
familiar, yet new
An amazing journey
taken together
Perfect love and trust
we have forever
I was kind of all over the emotional map, but that’s just how I am. I wish there was more of an audience for poetry these days, because I would like to do something with the MANY I’ve written. Maybe I’ll find a way.
Again, I REALLY don’t like the way this is formatted, but don’t know how to do anything about it. Thanks for reading!