I want you to say something
Say something
Say something
That’s going to make it all better
I want you to write again
Text me again and tell me
Something
Something that’s going to make it all better
I want you to say something
Say something that’s going to fix something that
I don’t know how to
I tell you I want to talk
You tell me I’m not talking
You’re talking and I don’t know what to say
Everything reminds me of you.
The faces whirl by in a sea of familiarity
I think I recognize your smile,
your walk,
your presence
I don’t.
A laugh echoes down the strange hallway
It settles into my ears swiftly and soundly
But it’s not you.
Tears flood my eyes in your absence.
The comfort that held me is no longer.
Is home really home anymore?
Is life what it was before?
No,
But I miss you.
I miss you and your
Charming intricacies
Audacious interests
Burning desires
The words you gifted others
The humility woven in your soul
Nobody can compare
And content will come
But for now
Everything reminds me of you.
A bushy tail
Flourishing in the bitter wind
Curiously Driven
Hopelessly Eager
Frantic paws
Working through
The solid Earth
Toward a humble prize
A heart beating rapidly
Blood flooding the body
Lungs accelerating
In the face of something new
A charming face
Greets the beady eyes
The new creature crouches
Waiting
A stare interlocks them
Each afraid to move
Crunch
The leaves sound
The being shifts
Away rushes the animal
Up a tree
To refuge
To a world unknown
To the person
Crouching among the leaves
Striking disappointment
Slapped across their face
Smothered in paper
Opening and closing
My laptop and textbook
Ubiquitous
Cups of coffee surround me
Highly caffeinated, sleep deprived students
Talk and walk quickly
Obviously overwhelmed and
Doing all they can
On the path to graduation…
***
Stumbling upon an
Open space
Magnificent newness
Unknown to me
Cautiously approaching what is
Hardly familiar
Too many places
Objects
Sights to behold
Endless
Exploration to embark on
***
Sorrowful words
Over who I could have been
Mulling over who I could be
Unbridled
Creation
Happening now
To become
Obsolete is likely
But to become
Extraordinary would be spectacular.
Majestic but plain
Concrete but finicky
Mysterious but disclosed
Triumphant yet bittersweet
Crazed yet sane
Wholesomeness twisted
Into a contortion of the purest will
What is it that you want from me?
A craving that torments your inner satisfaction
A sadistic masterpiece
Of enrapturing composition
Tweaked by the mind
Solidified in the soul
Written on the tongue
Etched in the heart
A chase amidst insanity
Within the mind
Barriers to the complete
The creation
Each intricately aligned
Precisely where intended
For the eye to digest
And for the mouth to gasp in disbelief
The beauty in perfect imperfection
Synonymous antonyms
Arranged for the insane guest
Amidst a chase towards insanity
A much-awaited blank slate
A fresh commencement
A new beginning
Millions flock
With hopeful hearts
And passionate gazes
Purchase a membership
Begin an instrument
Preserve the coin
Stop smoking
Quit biting your nails
End negative self-talk
Do better
Be better
Live better
Newfound confidence
In a person, just the same
In a year, just the same
As before
A new package
Wrapping glimmers beneath
An optimistic bow
Inside a gray waste
Previous aspirations
Tossed aside
A mangled mess of guilt awry
Pointlessness is relative
Some cling to goals
Triumph in the struggle
And come out champions of their mind
Most others agree
A new year
Is a number.
Weightless
Baseless
Worthless
The moment motivation grips you
Run with it
Awaiting that square on your calendar
Is an absurd venture
Move your body
And achieve
One life to live
Why spend it waiting?
