'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
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L. B. Mek (
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- 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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A good poem , Mek 🙂 sometimes we love those who we may not even understand . I guess you can’t help who you love ...
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
There is no need to differentiate, since love is your very existence!
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!
... Tis such a joy to read ya when you got the bit between ya teeth sir ...
Grrrrrrr
'meow!'
ooops, best tiptoe my way out...
lol
A good one. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you.
so glad you enjoyed it, dear poet
thanks for taking the time to comment and support
Good words Mek.
Andy
thank you, my friend
Really well written. I enjoyed this.
really appreciate you taking the time
to comment and support, how very kind
thank you!
A poignant read, exceptionally expressed
oooooooh, how new
ain't 'exceptionally expressed'
just one of the most delicious wordings, of praise..
humbly, I thank you
A very well written and thought out piece. I love that our own personal perception shapes this poem. Brilliant
'our own personal perception shapes this poem.'
what a wonderful observation, dear poet
thank you!
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