Thesaurus Girl

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I miss the time when

soap was just soap

and not a reminder of the shower i took

before my parents

announced their divorce

 

i miss the time when

ice clinking against a metal cup

was just that

and not a trigger for tears

as my aunt who passed away

always carried a cup

with ice that drummed melodies

against its insulated walls

 

i miss the time when

friendship wasn't scary

before people became placeholders for my boundaries

as others had crossed them in the past

 

i miss the time when

pop was my favorite genre

when the teenage dream i heard about

in songs was still far away

and i wasn’t afraid

of never fulfilling that dream

as I enter my 20s

 

i miss the time when

i asked my parents what words mean

and my vocabulary wasn't advanced enough

to curse your name

in the most creative ways

how funny it is

that words fail to mean different things

until you live life inside the pages of a thesaurus,

seeking meaning

in the mess that surrounds you.

  • Author: Aelise (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 4th, 2023 00:30
  • Comment from author about the poem: I made an artistic choice to bolden words that typically have no association with each other. This was to largen the impact of the last stanza and how words change meaning as life trudges forward!
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 5
  • Users favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek
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  • L. B. Mek

    powerful, playful, poetic
    a wonderful read, thanks for sharing



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