the theater of you

the theater of you

 

 

 

needed some elbow room

for my heart,

squeezed out of the aisle of love

 

you saved my seat,

but i got detained at the concession stand

made too many, trying to hold onto you

 

now i  have you at arm's length

and my bones are aching

part of me wants that suffocating feeling back

 

because in actuality

i was breathing much steadier then

even if the heartbeats

were much shorter and quicker..

 

the poetry exhaled

in temperate words

and the popcorn tasted better

with your shoulder leaning against mine.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/31/15

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

This is a wonderful write Jacob. I so feel this one.
"you saved my seat,
but i got detained at the concession stand
made too many, trying to hold onto you"
I love the concession stand/ making too many concessions part of this. It speaks volumes.
The heart beats steadier then...the popcorn tasted better, so many wonderful lines, within a wonderful piece.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review...

j.