The Difficulties of Dilemmas

I watch the scissors cut away the dead ends

And I feel myself getting lighter.

I see my face change in the mirror

And I smile in delight.

I muse, a simple solution to a difficult dilemma.

Just like the saying "When in Roam"-

Or perhaps it is Rome?

Either way, I am roaming in this pile of uncertainty

Parked next to a playground out on Highway 21.

Minutes later, I am sitting on your bed noticing how

Your eyes are squinting to see the future

And your preoccupied smile means

There will be wet dreams tonight.

Next thing I know, I am holding a boarding pass

Waiting on a plane to take me away from this boredom.

I hear the gate number being called and

I board the plane holding all my baggage.

I never leave my baggage with the front desk.

So when I check into my hotel,

I take the elevator up to the tenth floor and I find

That when I open the room, you are sitting on my bed

Right where my pillow mint should be.

Then scenes change and seasons change and

Now I am holding the hand of a man in a black tuxedo.

We are talking about sickness and health

And suddenly I hear myself say,

"I do."

And I'm not even the Bride.

Quite odd, don't you agree?

Reviews

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Hmm.. so abstract and interesting. :]

I love the changing scenes and the swiftness between them; very fluid and keeps the reader totally entertained.


"And your preoccupied smile means
There will be wet dreams tonight."

I love those lines, definitely my favorite of the whole poem. There's something so mysterious and intriguing about them. ^^ And maybe... I can't think of the word... concise? Something like that. ;] Haha.

Anyway, very nice!

[writer12]

Felt like a dream. Good write. Entertaining.

[Jaffa Forbes]

Yeah... I think i've read and perhaps commented on this one before. Reading it again makes me love it more though! Frankly I love abstract and this is almost defining it... I guess to me, it seems to be about just life in general, trying to run away from stuff, or trying to find solutions for a moment and just not quite getting it. That's how I interpret it, you probably know what it's really about!
Good stuff!