Greta Garbo

I want to be Greta Garbo
and hug my aloneness to me,
blot out the world of complexities
and chancers driving vans
with elf written in dust.

I want lawn mowers that
automatically work and a lover
who knows when to stay away
I want the sass and sway
of a Lauren Bacall

I want to dip into dreamland
where the visions are not
chaotic scenes of a mind in disarray
I want sun and sunshine
and a lover who knows
when its time to go home

I want simplicity and kindness
in a world that's grown cold
I want to walk through wind
in a halo of confetti
where memories are kind
visions of a little girl and
the steed she rode was a unicorn
who always knew, that when
the sun went down
tomorrow would always bloom.

I want to be Greta Garbo
with huge sunglasses and
flapping scarves,
I want the sky to be blue
and the grass to be green
I want a deep and husky voice
I just want to be alone.



Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2015-04-26 at 20:03

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Chaucer Whethers The PoetBay support member heart!
Mmm sprinkle in some Garbo a bit of Henry Miller, a dash of Virginia Woolf maybe a pinch of Proust. Interesting flavour and textures, quite a dish actually.
;-)x
2015-04-28


Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Oh how brilliant. She certainly insisted on doing things her way and succeeded. I love the line about lovers who know when to go home. A pleasure to read. And now if you don't mind, I want to be alone :)
2015-04-28


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Ah, but, if you were alone, there would be no one to appreciate your sass and sway. Wanting to be alone seems like a sad desire, but I thought the poem was fun.
2015-04-27


jim The PoetBay support member heart!
I mean this with all due respect and affection, I think you are Garbo-esque, with an air of mystery, wearing metaphorical, and as we see in your picture, non-metaphorical, sunglasses.

Ironically, this is a very revealing poem, with a well-defined sense of what you want, though the last line conflicts with some of the other lines.
2015-04-27



Snazzy write Elle,witty and amusing:)
I loved it:)
2015-04-26