Perseid

Don't know what to tell you.....

I swore I would be repentant last time, trembling and crying, it was my environment
God didn’t believe me when I said I wouldn’t look at porn anymore either
But I was allowed to grow up just the same, never sure if I was on heavenly probation
You told me to get my s**t straight, that God didn’t like an idiot and I took that to heart

So now in times of crisis I look to my heart first to see if it's true and gaze into the everything
Cosmic lineage doesn’t lie, helium, hydrogen, oxygen, neon, our elemental family reunion
At the edge, I would stand perilously close and peek through the universal boudoirs curtains
To spy on the naked truth and hold it close to my chest, sharing with passing stars and comets

If I told you what the truth was you would chuckle condescendingly and offer me a cigarette
I would tell you anyway, because I love you and you should know…we all should know 
I would wrap your shoulders in grandmas afghan so you wouldn’t catch a chill
And go to bed knowing the seeds were planted, your dreams and the universe would do the rest

Author's Note

Zooom…..

Reviews

[Jack O]

Once upon a time men looked at the sky.
They got scared when the crickets chirped in the desert sands.
Mountains are mountains and teacups are teacups - unless they are not.

[Crowley]

The truth...thanks so much for reading!!!

[Jack O]

I liked this poem. I should have typed that when I read it versus what I typed earlier. Eh. I can be a silly review type person.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Crowley-You rock dude! You let her see the truth in your deepest heart, flaws and all, and then you wrap her shoulders in “grandmas afghan”?- I rest my case! Cosmic, humble, tender, beautiful words to melt the soul. Soul duly melted...Great writing my friend!

[Crowley]

lol...thanks Annette!!! I wonder what your soul looks like melted, pretty sure its a 64 color box of crayons!!!

[sette]

there is something inspiring about a love with honesty and sincerity combined.. too idealistic but then there is no harm in dreaming

[Crowley]

Thanks so much Sette....

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

Wanna play show and tell? I hated that game....everyone's show was always better than my tell...your mind is such a mysterious place Cee! It just keeps coming to life in gargantuan ways!

[Crowley]

Of course I do!!! I had a hell of a tell in the second grade...got me pulled from class...lol. Thanks for saying so, I always love it when you come out!!!

[barleygirl]

This is a delicious blend of astral outlandishness & real-life sensations. I love skirting that line myself, so I'm always miffed to watch you do it so much better than me! *wink! wink!* V1 is such a bold childlike bargain, fun & relatable. V2 is a lovely flight with well-crafted details that celebrate science artistically. Then it's back down to earth in V3, slinging the hash of life as only you can do (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Crowley]

Outlandishness is right!!! I have been listening to Neil Tyson DeGrasse books this last week and the crazy s**t you learn in those is more art than science sometimes. Thanks for reading Margie!!!!