Lost Your Head

And you say I've lost my head

Can you see it?

Belly aches while you're in bed

Can you feel it?

It snowed all day today.

It snowed for a week.

White drifts blow out your window.

A Mourning Dove on your feeder stays.  

This cold won't go away.

And this loneliness is eating you alive.

But the sun will come.

Smiles will appear.

And your liveliness will be loved.

I dream and I wander.

I flutter through clouds of pink.

Wishes and hopes.

Growth and ink.

In the meantime..

Why not fall in love with words?

With the sky?

The glorious moon, the wondrous stars!

Your forest floor is surviving the war.

Just keep your heart on guard.

Or else you'll never find your head.

Remember when you saw the pictures?

Of him and a stunning blue eyed girl?

and at that moment you knew.

You knew you had gone mad.

Because your heart was in pieces

and you felt sick to your stomach.

So you jumped in your car.

And you drove away.

Its what you always do in dismay

You drive.

And drive.

And drive some more.

Her face kept appearing in your mind.

You hated it.

Was it then when you lost your head?

Speeding away, you got lost.

Your car took you all over the state.

Passing golden fields of cut corn crops.

Over the winding hills

  Dotted with autumn leaves and trees.

Happy red country barns

 and then deep into the city.

You grew scared as time passed.

You could not find your way home.

And you were all alone.

In 2 hours

You finally returned.

A week later he asked:

Did you see the pictures?

Of me and my sister?

You sat there dumbfounded.

Nearly angry.

But it was just like your favorite movie.

With Charlie and Sophie.

So you laughed to yourself.  

You laughed and laughed and laughed.

Because on that day

You finally knew

When you had lost your head.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Writing Angel]

Wow...My only words... wow

[Bacchus]

Ha!
We lose our heads over so many things that seem like something that are...
well, even better than nothing.
Got to love the twist- yet
our heads sometimes still spin for awhile. :)

[Matt Hargenrader]

Were you inspired by the 1975 by any chance? They have a song "Lost My Head" that has similar lyrics. Really good though!

[Kathryn Smith]

Yes! Hence the video above! ;) Thanks for the review!! xx

[dan]

Funny how the mind jumps to conclusions without all necessary info. This piece is such a clever illustration of such, a very whimsical write. Well done Kathryn, and PLEASE let us know before you go to Ireland so we can all give you the proper send-off, will you? take care...dan

[Kathryn Smith]

Hello Dan! And Yes! Of course I will! I'm already beginning to write about leaving...it's so surreal..and very exciting! Keep in touch! xx Thanks for the review!

[Fahmida Mehreen]

Simple and witty.

Good read. :D

[Randhir kaur]

Beautiful... lolll..good work...

[Unknown Poet]

I liked this very much funny ending......

[guy drori]

The beginning was very good and i liked the ending as well. The entire boby of the poem was almost written like a story. I liked :)

[wordman]

this is a great story kathryn,the feeling of loneliness building up inside your soul