A recollection

[lostpunk5545]

I awake first, my head slightly groggy, a mild hangover, nothing unusual,
My arm is partially numb from your weight, not a pain without its reward,
I decide to let you sleep, a while.

There’s perception of my comfort seeking shift, you wake with a sleepy smile,
Before me, a blue not of the pelagic, instead much lighter, of the tropical shallows,
If I look hard enough, surely, I will see water dappled light playing over sand in your eyes,
And I’m swimming, thinking…

Of all the things I know of you, and of those, I have yet to divine,
I know you are much more liberal sexually than me,
I’ve held long enough the inkling, that I may be borderline sexually paranoid,
Often, I feel ugly,
But you hold my gaze and I feel my fears dissolve, salt, in your marine.

I run my thumb over three ear piercings, delighting in the cold sting,
My hand still warm from the space it occupied before, between us, buried in blankets.
I reach the end of your ear, plunge my hand into the wintery depths of your hair,
Searching, for solid footing,
I find it and pull you close.

 

[Syd_Barret]

Love
For you

 

[BREAKaBEAT]

I actually loved this. Good work!

 

[up all night]

It's strange (in a good way) to find a guy who can be this open about who he is and how he thinks.

There were a few lines in particular that strike a chord, especially the imagery in the last paragraph. Nice work, LP.

 

[Jabberwocky]

lost punk i can relate to almost every single word of this poem. I am happy you expressed it with the simplicity and obscured complexity that it needs. I couldn't have read this at a better time. cheers

 

[lostpunk5545]

Thanks a lot for the positive feed back guys. It's my first real attempt at a poem so I wasn't really expecting it.

I wrote this in my head when I couldn't sleep one night. I thought I'd forget it but it's been bashing around in there for a few weeks so I thought I'd put it down. Definitely cathartic.

Oh and thanks especially Yarni for convincing me to get over whatever silly bias I had about poetry. I've been really enjoying it lately.

 

[up all night]

^ My pleasure! It's not a silly bias, though. Most people think 99.9% of poetry is shit. Maybe it is. I just kinda like reading what people are thinking and poetry is the quickest way for me to do that.

Good poetry though, truly good poetry, makes me realise words aren't always clumsy.