Let me be the ink stain
on the corner left dimple From where the pen bled, and your smile leaked words so quickly, you kept bleeding- until the pen dried up and your creation was a skeleton: like you. Long torso, with arms that make liters look like soup cans and water taste like mother’s milk: Nourish me. Let me nourish you, with a hope that hibernates in the wrinkles on my tear-stained toes and feed you with a spoon made of tulips and thyme. Let me be the way you wish to go on the map that I will draw for you with tattered pages from the book Moses stole from god. For it is in the subtext of each commandment that thou shall not abandon those who make you their home. Let me roll up, both your legs, the invisible fraying. Let me nest you in a hide-away made of stars and sunrise, nestle you between the pieces of Ursa Minor so you will always find your way. thou shall not abandon those who make you their home Let me remember the night mother ran away, with blue watercolors framing her broken eyes, to be back by morning, painting her mask with a normalcy saved for rainbow reflections and the solitude of dust bunnies. Let every knock-knee bend to the floor, as daughters worry that their loves won’t ever return to the beds they made three-times over--as if fitted sheets are the reason it's three AM and he's still not home. Let my fingers envelop yours when miles fold like vanilla and cream and hands are spatulas softly watching worlds collide. thou shall not abandon those who make you their home.
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James Schiedermayer
5/26/2015 02:16:21 am
You truly have a gift from God, and thank you for sharing it. I write, some poetry, lyrics, short stories, and have ideas for a few novels. I just need to downsize my hobbies to make more time for writing. My son found out a couple years ago through now he is talented in in yet another thing: drawing and painting. I love when he get home from college and shows me the progress on a piece and explains how and why he did a new area on it. Again thank you for sharing your talents! James
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