Empty

If you had it your way I’d have a ventriloquist mind.
Everything would be perfect and I’d be so on time.
You have tricks up your sleeves, but I would be blind.
The memories have disappeared and you’d be so kind.
We would travel the world in blissful sin.
You’d shower me with empty compliments that shine
Like diamonds and jade. 
And I’d think that thinking would ruin our home.
So I’d move with the light and the sound, hand in hand while
You’d be the man. 
Huffing and puffing about all of your fame, and me,
Your girl, I’d never recognize your game. 
And you’d win.
My soul would end and we’d form into one,
Blind to misery and in fear of the gun.
Breathing would stop and I’d look around in search
Of a past nowhere to be found.
trapped in a life I never chose,
Unfamiliar faces and you staged in a pose.
Your ego larger than the box in which I’m enclosed.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Bell Avatar
August 16, 2012 at 11:42 AM
nice poem i hope you keep posting
Brown Avatar
August 16, 2012 at 5:34 AM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you today Jennifer. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. Hoping you find even more inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love, Carol 08/16/2012
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August 15, 2012 at 5:38 AM
An 'empty' poem which is quite 'laden'... nice work... Terry
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August 15, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Thank you : D namaste~
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