To Say Hello

Being infatuated with a local bar girl

I saw you again tonight

And once again I am driven

To sit and watch

Your hair a curled mass

One that adventurers on jungle expeditions

Would hack through

Just to get a view

That easy smile

Lighting all my rooms

So that I may see myself

Passing by every doorway

That encapsulates you

I hear your voice and I imagine

Us in the kitchen

You at the sink singing warm honey

Into the dishes you scrub clean

Outside of my imagination

I watch as you hug friends

Exchange greetings and fancy handshakes

And I feel ever more the creeper

Is it wrong to be entranced

By everything you do?

Everything you embody?

Perhaps I should let imagination go

To let it pass as I would

A car running a red light at a crosswalk

But I want to be that car

To see that universal sign for stop

And crash through it

Just so I can say hello

And maybe get your name 

Author's Note

All reviews and criticisms are welcome. Thanks for reading!

Reviews

[Cathexis]

Love this piece. It inspires the conflicting emotions when seeing someone that one is infatuated with, one I know all to much. It is a beautiful poem

[James O'Rourke]

Thanks for checking this out. This has become one of my more cherished pieces. In the past I wouldn't have written something quite this personal. However, the aftermath of writing it gave a sense of peace and understanding of myself didn't know was within me. That and I love awkward little things such as the moment of this piece.

Thanks again for reading! I'll try and get some time to check out your stuff as well. Till next time!

[Mai L Nissen]

I really enjoyed reading this poem, James! Flows beautifully, written to engage! I could see her in front of me and I could feel the battle of the dilemma - the frustration of being passive and the excitement of a prospect of taking action... I love how a seemingly little thing can trigger such intense emotions - though that is what we do :)

It starts out with a wonderfully innocent and quite endearing crush, and it possibly continues to be just that! - though, you question whether your infatuation is appropriate.
I love how you addressed this realisation that you could be thought to be creepy by others, and where your thoughts lead you to - the car running through a red light crosswalk - which actually makes you realise and re-enforcing the desire to be or do something that you perhaps don't normally do?

A really well written piece!

[Lusus Naturae]

I understand this sort of feeling; I am very confident in my being until it comes to approaching a mate, but I assume if it were meant to be the courage would come naturally. I wish you luck with this "local bar girl". Oh, and just realized that this piece was uploaded on my birthday. Quite interesting, that realization and this piece.