The neighbor that visits only once in a while:

Its the cold that makes me feel things.

The neighbor is knocking on my window,

Pleading me to let him in.

But I can't.

At least not today, not right now.

 

I'm busy lying in my bed,

hiding from the cold,

listening to his yelling,

to his banging.

 

Time goes by and still

He’s there.

He keeps on knocking.

He keeps on yelling.

 

But I don’t let him in.

I’ve gotten used to him.

And I am starting to like this storm of his.

 

He sometimes whistles,

And believe me when I tell you

that it is pleasant to hear.

 

I get out of bed,

grab my laptop,

and start catching up on what happened to Damon.

Did Bonnie wake him up?

 

Through the window,

My neighbor peaks in.

He notices that I am watching one of my favorite shows,

He decides to play a prank on me.

 

He turns off the electricity.

He wants to get attention.

And that is exactly what he gets.

 

I close my laptop, for what's the use of a laptop without any Wi-Fi.

I walk to the front door.

Open it.

Go outside.

 

My neighbor greets me with a whistle,

He hugs me tight,

then lightly, playfully, he pokes me, 

he pokes me once more, and doesn't stop.

His pokes are gentle,

peaceful, playful,

warming.

And so I let him poke me.

Because I haven’t seen him in a while,

I forgot how much I loved him,

Because I didn’t know I missed him this much.

Author's Note

I know, I know, I know that this is confusing. But I will not tell you who this is about. But I will give you a clue: It is not my neighbor or friend. :)

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I like the rain and the snow...I love thunderstorms...and so does my daughter. She thinks thunder is funny and laughs in delight at the explosions...like fireworks! But her aunt bought her a magic wand from Sophia the First in Disneyland...and she is so frightened of it...I can't for my life begin to figure out why...she hates it with a terror though. So interesting and strange, our individual perspectives of things. I enjoyed the read.

[justdandy]

hat's cute. I love little kids. I even love those kids more who love something that isn't very likable. Like rain, thunderstorms, snow, thunders.... Thank you for the kind review.

[justdandy]

Correction: That's

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Oh, so sad, and I thought you liked my hat! (hahaha) I have three daughters, a 31 year old....a 28 year old and a one year old. I love them all and they are (each and every one) daddy's girls.

[justdandy]

ah thats nice

[Michael Stevens]

You've got to watch those storms--only one thing on their minds?

[justdandy]

haha, yeah. I live in California, and we dont really experience storms. Or rains. So I just wrote about something that I didnt see in a while.

[Michael Stevens]

Well, I'm living in the northwest,and although we get rain, not much snow, thank goodness (spoken like an ex-postal guy)!

[justdandy]

lol..... :D

[barleygirl]

I wouldn't have known this was about a storm, had I not read one of your reviews. I like that interpretation, but it wasn't what I was thinking at all, as I read your lovely well-written piece. What I was thinking about is how we are ambivalent about some people in our lives, often blocking them out, but then being very surprised when, in a weak moment, we let them in, & we see how amazingly fun & awesome it is to be around this person we had previously blocked. In fact, I'm having this very experience on Facebook . . . anyhow, your poem is very powerful, the way it evokes a variety of interpretations! Great read!

[justdandy]

Thanks....

[Carolynn]

This is a very interesting way of talking about a storm (?) perhaps rain coming to visit and when you finally go outside you remember how it feels to stand in the warm rain (?) That's sort of what I got out of it and I really liked it :)

[justdandy]

yeah, it was about a storm/ the rain. thanks for reading

[Tasteless Heart]

Captivating. Nicely written!

[justdandy]

Thank you so much.

[Nisreen]

So light and sweet

seeing someone that just refuses to go

Makes you wonder why did you shut this person out to start with

Interesting

[justdandy]

Thank you
-Dana

[Terpsichore]

Clever and unique in slant and concept, equally clever in the telling.

T

[justdandy]

Thank you. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i would leave out the author's note...this is a very cool poem and nice for the reader to determine who or what the neighbor is.
i like the movement of the story---needs some editing "lying" instead of "laying"---and "turns off the electricity" and "can't" in first stanza.

i saw more than rain here...the visitor is a storm---and it wreaks havoc, both in sound and fury.

like Poe's Raven only much more dangerous.

j.

[justdandy]

Thank you so much

[Bear]

I understand that you're neighbor is a storm and being from Kansas myself, we have many storms that knock out the electricity (that would not shut your laptop down would it?). When that happens we set on the front porch and listen to the sounds of the storm, so it is like a neighbor come to call for a visit. Bravo! I didn't think of it that way before so thank you for giving me a new thought :~)

[justdandy]

Thanks. :)