Shiny new poem (don't groan, Kaylie)

Ok, so I don't think I've actually written anything since Parker's class last spring. However, this one image/phrase squished and rolled around in my head all morning, and several edits later, this is the product. Beta work will be rewarded with either real or virtual chocolate and hugs.

It's short, so no cut.

Leaving

I have never been able to leave when it
matters--
--not you; not you, not this place.

I stood dying in place my whole life,
and I sprinted after you for all these years
thinking I was leading in this race of
circular logic.

Now here you are, falling
away from me again:
I falter, stand staring at your finely-
chiseled name,
And I want to ask you for the years
back, but I don't know how.


I envision this as a performance piece, so it's less of my usual tone and emphasis.

Shiny new poem (don't groan, Kaylie)

Ok, so I don't think I've actually written anything since Parker's class last spring. However, this one image/phrase squished and rolled around in my head all morning, and several edits later, this is the product. Beta work will be rewarded with either real or virtual chocolate and hugs.

It's short, so no cut.

Leaving

I have never been able to leave when it
matters--
--not you; not you, not this place.

I stood dying in place my whole life,
and I sprinted after you for all these years
thinking I was leading in this race of
circular logic.

Now here you are, falling
away from me again:
I falter, stand staring at your finely-
chiseled name,
And I want to ask you for the years
back, but I don't know how.


I envision this as a performance piece, so it's less of my usual tone and emphasis.

loooong meme

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

× I miss somebody right now.	✓ I don't watch much TV these days.  (Just Numb3rs.)	✓ I own lots of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.	× I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
× I've watched porn movies.	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	× I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

( it goes on... )