Someone we all know.


Her

The light falls
I am making time
courting
loneliness
I bring her coffee, lukewarm
and notebooks, and pens
I bring her rooms, empty
except for me and my thoughts
I bring her my dreams
but she cares nothing
for dreams

I have fallen
for loneliness
her coldness
the way she wraps around me
in my darkest moments
even in crowds
how intimate
her whispers
her sighs
in public places
on subways
at parties
she behaves the worst
making me silent
invisible

Only when I'm with you
does she release me
slip away
to tarry with someone else
when I'm with you
I forget her
I forget my loneliness

Then you're gone
and I go back to my mistress
in this room
in my heart
I find her there.

© 2007 Anne Westlund




Poetry by Anne Westlund
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Written on 2007-02-06 at 00:49

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Kari
Does my waterbaby need a bath? :) (((hugs)))
2007-06-26



superbly expressed!
2007-02-06