Homies

by Yakari Gabriel   Oct 25, 2012


I know lonliness more
than anyone I have ever
known.

I have seen it, embraced it,
tasted it, far too many times.
I can tell you its colors,
and its shapes

how it feels when it
curls around you,
when it makes you
warm by breathing
in the room you're in.

we go back a long time,
to childhood, to the
days before periods
and breasts and shame.

I know lonliness.
I know it so well..

I've analyzed it
from all angles,
I have had it on
my shoulders,
in my head and in my bed.

I know it
enough to guarantee you,
you will need it sometimes

and that,
it most certainly,
isn't a bad thing.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Chelsey

    This is another incredible write yaki. I love the title!! I thought this was going to be about boys who have their pants half way down their ass and support each other...but this was such a great way of saying your bond with loneliness is as tight as homies..

    I love your descriptions here. How you sound so confident on knowing this feeling inside and out

    I have seen it, embraced it, tasted it, far too many times. I can tell you its colors, and its shapes

    ^^ those words are so powerful....its so easy to personify a feeling because they are like a being of their own just as you described. With a specific taste, smell, shape, color....beautiful.

    And of course, i love your ending. Always bringing it home with something witty. That was a good message and a good note to end on!

  • 12 years ago

    by The Queen

    Loneliness is a univeral human emotion and I don't think anyone can avoid feeling lonely. This poem shows that by accepting this feelings as normal might make you feel a little less lonely.

    I like the positive ending of this, Yaks :) It reminds us that everything that starts negatively can also have good endings :)

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