Sonar

by Poet on the Piano   May 18, 2013


[I]

I am too young to feel this aged, time slowly creeping in with sandy legs that petrify me because each day I arise I sink a bit lower...

[II]

I too believed tonight was over. That the clouds had worked themselves up in a frenzy and finally took a grand last breath, just as mirrors were coming out and crowds were tingling with shoulders of sweat and cologne.

But then...

[III]

You began me. We were no longer amidst others' chests and heavy suggestions, we were on the road to your home, country pastures and all. Our hands too antsy between twilight's asphyxiations to calm down, so we found each others. Your new home, the last one on the block, while all other lights were off, was also dark. We stood in the cul-de-sac while la luna repositioned herself and hid her neck, that we would have a whiff of our, but nothing more.

[IV]

I've needed you. I need you (forever). Three years means our lips need to meet like wind's silhouette reaches the tips of meadow grass, moving ever so slightly. We will kiss sweetly, with a calmed passion that prefers acoustic melodies rather than metal ones. On a night like this, how could I think you wouldn't see how much I've always cared? As we were thirty-two seconds away from the final dance forty-one miles away, you offered me your hand, fingers curled with warmth. I accepted.

The rain clouds were a cue of what both our souls had been searching for, and in that embrace, there was no other thought than never letting you go.

[V]

But then...
you decided to return (there).

[VI]

Back to disco tongues, stiletto cracks, and crashing hearts. You found another is all I can think. For I wake up, the same hour as our dance was supposed to be, and realize everything is out of sight. A prisoner caught me tonight, tried to take me where I always wanted to go, but it was too far from reality. I'm left disheveled, split between two universes. You are a ranger out of my range and I wonder if, you have started the wildfire in my heart, and it is too late for me to heal.

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Written 5/17/13. Wanted to write more prose than have it formatted as a poem.

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  • 11 years ago

    by Hannah Lizette

    Simply beautiful, as I was reading this I was thinking "why haven't I read this amazing persons poetry yet?!"

    I: I think this often, myself. You have an emotional toll that is dragging you down, making you feel aged...as each day drags by, you feel like you are sinking farther into depression.

    II: I like the imagery you expressed here, as well as the suspense that "But then..." at the end... it really draws the reader in to want to read more.

    III: With the way this is worded, with traveling to 'your home' ... I want to say this is a long distance relationship, meeting for the first time?

    I LOVE 'twilight's asphyxiations' and 'cul-de-sac ' you don't see that often, it means dead end, if I'm correct...so that's wonderful. I also adore the mention of the moon hiding her neck, like she was giving you two privacy. So unique and just plain out awesome imagery here!

    IV: Again with the mention of three years, I go back to the long distance relationship.

    Wind's silhouette <3 in love with this metaphor.

    I love the seconds and hours away, it makes the reader where they are heading... where is "the final dance"?

    This whole part just radiates happiness and love, how you are content with just holding that persons hand...being with them after so long of not being able to touch them.

    V: This breaks my heart. That person decided to return to where he lived, his 'home' but not his 'new home' ... it's thought-provoking, making the reader wonder why they left again.

    VI: Depression seeps back in. They haven't contacted you again, and your automatic conclusion is they have found another mate.

    "You are a ranger out of my range and I wonder if, you have started the wildfire in my heart, and it is too late for me to heal."

    - Such a beautiful, heartbreaking ending. I'm a little speechless and can't think of anything worthy to say here.

    Overall, I love this poem! and like I said I'm screaming at myself for not reading your poetry sooner! lol I will be adding you to my favorite authors list and will be back to comment on some more of your work! :)

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