User Manual of Me

We're all products on the market. We're bought and sold, used and misused. Does anyone ever read user manuals to get to know what they just took home from the store?

Fragile, Handle with Care

 

Have you seen the warning sign?

It’s there written in my eyes

My heart is a thin-waist wine glass

Do not let it go, hold it tight,

 

You cannot use a feather

To drive nails into a brick wall

Take the time to get to know me

And I’ll serve you well, you’ll see

 

Smile when you see me

Tell me you missed me

Speak your mind

But let your words be kind

 

Reach out your hands

Hold me gently

Indifference shorts my circuits

Doubt, disbelief scratches the shiny surface

 

Plug me into your soul

Recharge me with your love

I’ll be there for you just press “On”

Be it at the beauty salon or a marathon

 

I’m limited edition

With a unique hardware

Limited to one

And a software that’s second to none

 

 

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is creatively stated to show a fun take on becoming involved with someone. The irony is that some people don't LIKE being told exactly how to be toward another person, such as your V3 makes me bristle. If someone ever tried to tell me how to act on that level of specificity, I would be so long gone! But then your exactitude lightens up considerably & the rest of your poem is a spot-on realistic expectation of how one might request to be treated (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[becca]

I love the idea that people need a warning manual, it would've saved a lot of people from getting fucked over, personally. I love your use of rhyme and the flow of the poem as well

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

Dishwasher safe but not made for the microwave. I have a box full of user manuals and always get asked why I keep them. I always answer in case you need to know what parts to repair:) My personal manual says to proceed with caution! Thank you for this share.