Simple you.

Writers block claws at my heart.

                my journal pages are empty

nothing to document my past week and a half.

I could disappear right here and now,

and no one would know why.

                                in go ask alice

they never found her last journal entries,

she died, and nobody knew what happened.

                                                I could do that.

drain my bank accounts.

I’ve saved up enough,

fill up my gas tank

           I mean the prices are down

and leave.

 

 

 

Everyone thinks they need so much.

a thousand pairs of jeans

hair products

nail polish

So much stuff

                I am ready to leave it all behind.

                                everything.

 

But you.

                simple young you.

You’ve managed to hold me back.

catch some part of me and nail it down,

                you’ve accomplished something with that.

because your effortless, undemanding

remark,

       it stopped my racing heart.

you are a thousand times wiser

than anyone else is even close to aware.

                               

I don’t know how to say it.

but a scar on my arm is left unborn tonight.

 

Reviews

[kaycee]

This is a really beautiful poem. I liked the form you wrote it in. Very interesting. I could definitely relate to the feeling of being overwhelmed by possessions. It's suffocating at times. What's (I think) worse is how just one person can have such a hold on you...I really like how you captured that within this poem.
Lovely read.

[Wildecat]

A splendid write I totally enjoyed reading this poem.

[Aaron B.]

wow

thats all I have to say LOL

this is so amazing...

srsly this is probably my favorite of yours...

:]

[Pentarch]

Probably one of my favorite things you've ever written.