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joy/sorrow

April 14th, 2013 § 2 comments

Poem #91 for Audrey Dimola

 

I am staring out my window

into the black dreamlike calm of the ocean

the hush of the whitewater massaging my nerves.

 

Joy

The presence of someone I have nothing but an impulse about

 

Sorrow

The reminder that her intentions are on a stranger half a world away

Joy

Eyes that know the simplicity of life’s true joy

 

Sorrow

That refusal to allow, to accept, to deserve

 

Joy

The 2am note, one word that reads like cupid’s greatest novel

 

Sorrow

The endless walls I institute before I even considere myself worthy

 

I get interrupted by what I have hoped for

always a quick, witty exchange

innuendo I am not clever enough to understand

 

Joy

The confidence of knowing my plane flies off soon

 

Sorrow

A persistent ache knowing that a possibility was missed

 

Joy

The patience of knowing I am strong enough to go forward alone

 

Sorrow

The patience of seeing the omens which propel me to step back

 

Joy

Feeling words, ideas, possibilities that allow me to dream, desire, love

 

Sorrow

Such a delicious morsel of dark chocolate with a finish of cayenne

And as these cello strings incite a yearning pain

there is such human joy in even the most tender sorrow

that of the romantic, alone, and lonely enough to dream

 

 

 

 

af

 

 

 

 

(written on computer)

 

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