gifted Secrets

L. B. Mek


Notice of absence from L. B. Mek
'fare ye well' kind friends

 

 

that advert you hate

but watch till the end

then get annoyed-at

all over again

 

I pause - rewind, till the commercial just before

acting nonchalant

as you return and press play

your eyes, glued to that dreadful advert

mine, immersed in your scowling smile:

my most treasured secret,

 

you hate to cook but feeding people is your passion

cutting corners - like it’s a hobby

I drop by your battlefield kitchen 

just to watch you squirm - fidget and stash

your latest - supposed shortcut

your back, pushing against that accomplice drawer

 

I can’t help but tease - leaning closer 

to return your blockading bear hug

as tight as I can:

my only addiction in life,

 

you hurt, eyelid rainfalls from watching a romcom 

but refuse to surrender your vulnerability’s - easily

scampering away, you run that tap water

as loud: as a waterfall blanket

and with each nuance of yourself you gift me, I tumble

with an avalanche’s certainty, squeezing my identity

to align within your ideal partner’s ski-skates, despairingly

until you notice me – hopefully, and I’m freed - permanently

from this shadowed existence, upon friendship’s Arctic isles

a reality so far from ideal: daydreaming, whilst by your side

 

 

© L. B. Mek

June 2019

  • Author: L. B. Mek (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 31st, 2021 03:06
  • Comment from author about the poem: It is not hard to emit our 'He's' and 'She's' from our write's: 'if We, Choose to' to openly show our awareness, empathy for the plight of those who have been vilified and marginalised, throughout history! We are all Human! None of Us, have a monopoly on what Love: 'should be' and that's a certainty!
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  • Caring dove

    A good poem , Mek 🙂 sometimes we love those who we may not even understand . I guess you can’t help who you love ...

    • L. B. Mek

      very true, but its those options
      we seemingly have little power over
      that reward us with those
      profound memento's, of our lives..
      thanks for the supportive comment

    • PrEm Ji

      There is no need to differentiate, since love is your very existence!

      • L. B. Mek

        how dull
        existence would be without love
        how obscene
        to try and carve a monopoly
        from what
        Nature: gifts for free;
        as bad
        as trying to charge each other
        for water...
        maybe even Air, someday soon
        sound's, absurd?
        let's hope I'm just being dramatic
        truly!

      • Neville


        ... Tis such a joy to read ya when you got the bit between ya teeth sir ...

        • L. B. Mek

          Grrrrrrr
          'meow!'
          ooops, best tiptoe my way out...
          lol

        • Trenz Pruca

          A good one. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you.

          • L. B. Mek

            so glad you enjoyed it, dear poet
            thanks for taking the time to comment and support

          • Goldfinch60

            Good words Mek.

            Andy

            • L. B. Mek

              thank you, my friend

            • tmjackson1968

              Really well written. I enjoyed this.

              • L. B. Mek

                really appreciate you taking the time
                to comment and support, how very kind
                thank you!

              • SureshG

                A poignant read, exceptionally expressed

                • L. B. Mek

                  oooooooh, how new
                  ain't 'exceptionally expressed'
                  just one of the most delicious wordings, of praise..
                  humbly, I thank you

                • Saxon Crow

                  A very well written and thought out piece. I love that our own personal perception shapes this poem. Brilliant

                  • L. B. Mek

                    'our own personal perception shapes this poem.'
                    what a wonderful observation, dear poet
                    thank you!



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