Tuesday, March 6, 2012

sometimes overreacting to crushes can inspire decent poetry

familiar water, foreign wind
the waves crash over head.
it would make more sense to drown.
with the waves crashing over head,
i can't hear, or fathom another sound.
but there's something moving in the air,
as i gasp,sputter, attempt to breathe.
i'm gulping in a different atmosphere
than the salt that's always there
and it vexes me, while intriguing me at once.

if i could calm the raging waters and hold my head above
would i sense that on the breeze that which is stirring might be...

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