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Waiting for the Lost

Wait for me when I get back,
just wait for me…

I rub my weary eyes, as I write this
hoping you’ll understand,
hoping you’ll take our memories with you
as we travel on different roads
until that day comes
when I find that path
that leads me back to you…

I was forced on this journey, and so were you.
Neither of us wanted this, but maybe this is what we need.

Now I truly am lost, and my eyes wander off…
Everything’s a blur now,  and I grasp at cotton candy clouds
sugar crystals sticking on my warm fingers, and that is all.






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  1. Date: 5/16/2013 10:17:00 AM

    There's so much here, Nikko...depth of feeling...Gosh! I love the way you think. And yes, I was wondering about the name. ;) Also, you're right, the books were very small...thin pages...tiny print. They were made specifically for what we were doing. In the three trips that I made to do this work, I got(total) over 5 thousand across...only a small thing in the scope of things.

  1. Date: 2/21/2012 10:24:00 PM

    "I was forced on this journey, and so were you./Neither of us wanted this, but maybe this is what we need."...this mini stanza is sublime, Nikko! Great write! Ruben.

  1. Date: 2/20/2012 3:02:00 AM

    I thought i commented here but i didn't,this is very sentimemtal.. a poem every woman feels,and each man understands..lovely

  1. Date: 2/19/2012 7:29:00 PM

    Miss you this weekend, Nikko.HOpe you are doing ok! Luv, Andrea

  1. Date: 2/18/2012 4:19:00 PM

    like this nikko, sad and profound, but a wonderful poem. harry

  1. Date: 2/17/2012 10:48:00 PM

    Enigmatic lines Nikko, Hmmm. Don't be lost, find your way back! Thank you for saying hello to me again by following my entries in PS. No I am not familiar with NS, but I will look for his works now that you've told me. You are a great poetess Nikko. Any plans of publishing your works? I would love to see your collections at National Bookstore! Love Dalila

  1. Date: 2/17/2012 10:44:00 AM

    Aha niks!! here again... it's a pleasure always and feels like homecoming. I've my good intentions to be more frequent here:)) but at job I'm like a full timer,, so till I retire... another 20 yrs or so but as they say we don't.. anyways re: Fern- the seeds are actually seeds :)) which are present as dark spots bordering the underneath of those leaves... at least that is what I remember from my 11th/ 12th botony...wait now need to confirm ...if not I'll look silly writing that last line :)

    Phookan Avatar Gautami Phookan Date: 2/17/2012 10:54:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    I was right! but they are called spores instead, still seeds look good in a poem..ciao !!!
  1. Date: 2/17/2012 6:57:00 AM

    Nikko, so happy to be reading your poem today. Coming right from the heart, love the expressions "I grasp at cotton candy clouds, sugar crystals...warm fingers" Love, gautami

  1. Date: 2/16/2012 9:22:00 AM

    soupmail :)

  1. Date: 2/12/2012 4:40:00 PM

    This poem, has a few twists in it and the reader is having fun figuring it out, I thought I had it and then those last few lines through me for a curve. Great poem! Love Jane

  1. Date: 2/10/2012 11:26:00 AM

    You are smiling with hidden pain, loved and enjoyed this interesting one, loved always bl

  1. Date: 2/9/2012 11:41:00 PM

    Your new Avatar looks like former Australian cricket captain Allan Border........

  1. Date: 2/9/2012 9:42:00 AM

    hmmmm now I just love how you twisted that poem thing to kill fear as you call it hehe.. Now I am wondering what I am wondering about Missy :D

    P.iNk Avatar binibining P.iNk Date: 2/9/2012 9:49:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    okidoki, just laughing now :D
    Neels Avatar Wilma Neels Date: 2/9/2012 9:44:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    no crying allowed Missy ;) *mwahugs*
  1. Date: 2/9/2012 9:37:00 AM

    An interesting write...yeah seems to be a lost love...enjoyed the read.

    P.iNk Avatar binibining P.iNk Date: 2/9/2012 9:50:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Hi kash :) thanks for dropping by-- hmm yeah, could be a lost love...
  1. Date: 2/9/2012 9:11:00 AM

    Now why would I want to tell you what I am wondering If I am not suppose to wonder??? *confused me* :D thank you for the heads up with that "suicide poem" as you call it hehe *mwahugs*

  1. Date: 2/9/2012 8:32:00 AM

    Waiting, somehow has a flicker of hope attached to it if I am not mistaken Missy.. Hmmm I am wondering about something but maybe I should not hey? Quite a thought provoking gem you have here ;) thanks for the smiles with my "crooked" write lol *mwahugs*

    P.iNk Avatar binibining P.iNk Date: 2/9/2012 8:37:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    wondering about what, Missy?? Wonder on, wonder on :D
  1. Date: 2/8/2012 5:57:00 PM

    your Avatar is hilarious. Is it a long lost love? heehee

    P.iNk Avatar binibining P.iNk Date: 2/9/2012 8:21:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    ok that came out weird, I mean, not a long lost love but a Nicholas who writes about long lost loves ;)
    P.iNk Avatar binibining P.iNk Date: 2/9/2012 8:20:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    hahaha! I swear, I myself have been doing double takes when I see my current avatar, and I Loove it! Haha. I am crazy! and nope, not a long lost love but a Nicholas ;)
  1. Date: 2/8/2012 3:12:00 PM

    Lovely and sad written nikko,like it alot - thank you. -- (good to see yours face) - oxox big hug Anne-Lise

    P.iNk Avatar binibining P.iNk Date: 2/9/2012 8:18:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Thank you, Anne Lise-- and hmm oops, my avatar isn't really a picture of myself, but of a certain Nicholas ;)