the cassette tape

you drive on the highways

tears lodged in the back of your throat

a niche of necessity.

 

the soundtrack of

grainy piano and violin

pull you back into

my arms

even as you push

yourself forward

for a paycheck.

 

i slump on the couch

and merge with miss-you's

till my breath

becomes a stopwatch

ticking backwards.

 

i go to the piano

and play your song

wondering if it's an echo

to your travels

and smile

knowing that it is.

Reviews

[Raef C. Boylan]

This is love, articulated.
Each stanza is perfect, as well as moving.
Great job using the line breaks - I would have had to mess it up with punctuation if this had been mine, too anxious that the pauses wouldn't work...but you make them work for you. Very cool.
Lovely poem. 'tis. & you make it seem so casual too.

Thanks for sharing this with me, and for reminding us about the power of music.

[Emily B]

Perfection travelling through the spaces of time and memory. . . C. Boylan is right in that the pauses work beautifully for you

[RedChickPoet]

How did you know?!? I listened to it again and again all the way there! lol.

What a beautiful poem. Exactly what I needed. Thank you so much, my sweet!

xoxo

[Annelise]

It's pretty, in an indie film sort of way. Grainy and not quite pure but melancholy and pretty all the same. It's like the Helena Bohnomein Carter of poems, catch my drift?

"i slump on the couch
and merge with miss-you's
till my breath
becomes a stopwatch
ticking backwards"

I found this particuraly moving. You created a moment in time with this piece. A snapshot from a movie perhaps.

[Annelise]

It's pretty, in an indie film sort of way. Grainy and not quite pure but melancholy and pretty all the same. It's like the Helena Bohnomein Carter of poems, catch my drift?

"i slump on the couch
and merge with miss-you's
till my breath
becomes a stopwatch
ticking backwards"

I found this particuraly moving. You created a moment in time with this piece. A snapshot from a movie perhaps.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

A lovely write. Thank you for sharing. Debileah

[Last Lying Look]

it;s pretty :)

[Legion]

Melancholy. Good write.