"Philosophy From The Curb..."

One of those ...things

"Philosophy From The Curb..."

"I can adjust me to you..."

Time, places.
events - waits
pauses, mid-sentence poooofs
thoughts - complete, incomplete
  even lost forever or
  fucked up beyond any conceivable
  understanding or repair.

I can enwrap myself
twist and inveigle
fit and mesh
twine and simply - wait...

"...but I can't merge and

become ...you." he said.

...then he left.


Chris

Author's Note

"poooofs" is meant as is... though I almost added three more "o"s.

Reviews

[sharonlee]

Reads like an wise and soft whisper of wisdom...

Shar

[Penlady]

I could FEEL the breath on my face as I read this. I don't think I have ever been TOUCHED by any reading as much as this one. Why? It seemed a plea from someone who has given it all or would be glad to, just not relinquish his essence in doing it.
Bravo!

[Warren L.G De Mills]

Interesting piece Chris. No matter what we do we can never truly fit ourselves into someone else's mind. Though we can do all the physical stuff to food ourselves.

[symmetryAsymmetry]

Leaving is easy..
Letting go, not so much.

A lovely read...well, that goes without saying.

[Muse]

This poem took me back..to my favorite CD Disintegration...the Cure. A song titled Kiss me goodbye:

Kiss me goodbye
Pushing out before i sleep
Can't you see I try
Swimming the same deep water as you is hard
"the shallow drowned lose less than we"
You breathe the strangest twist upon your lips
"and we shall be together..."
"Kiss me goodbye bow your head and join with me"
And face pushed deep reflections meet
The strangest twist upon your lips and dissapear
The ripples clear and laughing break
Against your feet and laughing break the mirror sweet
"so we shall be together..."

"Kiss me goodbye" pushing out before i sleep
It's lower now and slower now the strangest
Twist upon your lips but i don't see and i dont
Feel but tightly hold up silently my hands
Before my fading eyes and in my eyes your
Smile the very last thing before i go...

I will kiss you i will kiss you i will kiss you
Forever on nights like this i will kiss you i will
Kiss you and we shall be together...



You took me back to a favorite song...so thank you!

Muse

[?]

Indeed we can adjust to one another but we can only be us and not become another...she said as she went pooooof

[Marie]

"Poooofs" is fine; it says what you mean to say. The whole poem has that same feeling. Very good.

[Emily B]

where did 'he' go?