Okay so today I was at Donald and Thomas' house and I was looking through this book of poetry that Donald had a poem in from his English class last year and he showed me this one by Jolene Bowland from KV, she graduated last year, and hers got top ten for grades ten to twelve, and it is absolutely AMAZING. Expresses my exact feelings, like she was talking from my heart, not hers. Anyway, i love it.
Intermission
Jolene Bowland
Bittersweet is this fragment of time
Between when I didn't see you and when I won't see you
For too many long, laugh-less days.
Seeing your eeyes again has temporarily blinded me from the darkness
That I know will return once you're out of sight.
Your lips have planted a familiar taste in my mouth
That reminds me of so many smiling memories.
Your touch burns, gently, drowning me into dreams of an imagined reality
I can only wish for.
My days with you are numbered by single digits
And labeled with big, bold, red letters that spell "safety," "laughter," and "love."
I almost dread seeing you today,
Anticipating tomorrows in your absence in which I'll writhe and drown
In tearless, soundless, frown-less cries.
Step into the room after August dies of a senile old age
And take me off of the dark and dusty closet shelf when September is young
And Autumn is holding summer's hand.
Better still, let's just forget the rules
And play during this much too short intermission.
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2 comments:
Oh Becca, that's amazing, I love you <3
You will probably never see this but .... Hi... I'm Jolene .... glad you like my work :S haha
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