Monday, August 27, 2012

Endowment

This poem contains elements from one of my favorite poems: "Anodyne" by Yusef Komunyaaka.
 
I love how she
plays over me like a
skinny note on a piano.
I love how the world ignores
my glee and sorrow and
leaves it up to me. I love
the secrets she allows me to keep.
The sunshine that massages my joy
& the rain that rinses away
my mistakes. I love her words.
The unsureness of expression &
the mysteries of response.
I love how I can be disliked,
proving I am here
kicking up the dust.
I love how she
doesn’t keep noise
in the air between. I love
I can experience pain, proving
connection and spent time.
Drives and chats
taken and told. I love
the worn paths
& used money & the youthfulness
confused for immaturity
I can’t get back
and the lessons that comes with it.
I love her.
I love her down to her
incredible resolve
& frailty of the heart. I love
how she demands feeling. The looks,
those glances that persuade me to act.
I love how she has
a foggy piece,
one solo and disjointed
jigsaw to my naked portrait,
because I know I am alive
to dance across
her beautiful wasteland.

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