Touch and Go Ache

A Boy With Roses

Music sounds better with you                                    

When the stars are so bright we can't see                                          

Dancing under orange trees                                                                  

And the city                                                                                      

And the nostalgia                                                                                                

And the good times coalesce 

 

I talk to you like my pain                                                        

I think of you like my addictions                                    

I am sure of it                                                            

Sweet azure night                                                                    

I think of you like pleasure                                                

Unwinding

 

Life is bitter and not so sweet, and I wonder                                                            

When will we return to innocence                                      

And forget about the touch and go ache?              

The debauchery of our minds                                                

Sentimental decay                                                                  

How our fingers pass by but never touch

 

I remember when it was easier, sitting on the bus          

On the way home, watching the traffic at a standstill                          

The slow bubbling of time melting away                                    

And the smile on my face, and the relief, and the way                            

I thought about you, my wild youth, I will always remember you                            

Closing my eyes to the music, but now 

 

I talk to you like my pain                                                        

I think of you like my addictions                                    

I am sure of it                                                            

Sweet azure night                                                                    

I think of you like pleasure                                                

Unwinding.

  • Author: Jordan Cash (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 13th, 2022 14:46
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  • Ninkasi

    I think this piece is so all encompassing and causes an ebb and flow in minds of the reader.. Its actually a surreal flow of emotions and metaphors dotting the read are exquisite.

    • A Boy With Roses

      Lovely comment, thank you

      • jarcher54

        Thanks for putting it in those words Ninkasi... that is exactly how I experience Jordan.

        • Ninkasi

          I think real poetry is when your senses are numbed during its creation and its effect on the one reading it.

        • jarcher54

          I am enjoying your recent pieces for their apparent simplicity and brooding deep impact. In some of your longer, more "rambling" and image-packed poems, all the emotions and ups and downs are literally present as we experience them. This little piece works more indirectly, while ultimately reaching the same honesty and richness.
          We all talk to our pain, and comparing that to how one might talk to another person (present?
          more likely not present?) or maybe to oneself is a virtuoso line. I don't talk to my pleasure, that I know of, but what a bittersweet idea!

          • A Boy With Roses

            Nice to hear from you again and I enjoy this observation. Your comments on my poems are like little rainbows, few and far between, but amusing to see.



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