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For One Pass of Your Lips - a Re-Write

you’d whisper into my ear but it was my heart absorbed your words when you loved me way back than you wrote your words and they made me cry you wrote those words and you know i died when you did your round about when you turned on the heat turned over every single leaf left me out alone in the dead of spring or  was it winter,  it must of been 'cause i thought I’d freeze thinking back you never shied away you’d whip back your thick black mane  (shined like the sun hid there at nights) exposed your china white skin never said hush always ready to play still remember your dice the ones in gold with embedded gems in blue you loved to roll them the snake eyes bit i'd swallow the poison like lemonade handcuffed and whipped your ceramic nails tearing into my back wore my white shirt 'till someone screamed from behind it was blood red i dripped on the floor like a lit candle melted you clicked your ruby heels and you were gone climbed the ladder briefcase  Armani suit never shed a tear i would yell like a cowboy riding a bucking bronco not once did i ever fall again but i knew who i was make no mistake every rodeo has its clown and I spoke fluent bull the only knifes i carried were still in my back i lived with the pain when i saw you yesterday i held my breath for longer than i ever had i thought the room would flip like a double sided coin we spoke i saw it in yours eyes regret you’d heard of my success how fine i looked in my silk woven garb you said drinks but i looked at my watch and i think your teeth fell out when i walked away i could hear your tears you threw it all away when you decided  to look the other way it broke me inside i'd never be the same i never turned to look  yesterday the message i sent was clear we’d never be we again how did i feel me me i'd give my right arm for one pass of your breath  against my lips

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Date: 8/21/2021 11:44:00 AM
Another stellar write, Maurice. The sense of overwhelming loss stretches outward from each crisp, poignant line. Congratulations! Best wishes, Brian
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Date: 1/1/2019 10:56:00 AM
My good friend...this poetry has struck a deep chord inside of me...it is, and I struggle to articulate my thoughts - truly beautiful!! No one does this sort of poetic writing any better! May your God bless you and keep you safe always. Your friend. :) john P.s Have a wonderful and rewarding "Happy New Year", Armand!
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Date: 10/24/2018 2:08:00 PM
Sad, loving, painful, intense, it's got everything; a wonderfully penned piece of poetry; love the line: "but i knew who i was make no mistake every rodeo has its clown and I spoke fluent bull"
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Date: 10/17/2018 10:42:00 AM
This drew me in with each new line. Nice write.
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Date: 10/16/2018 11:10:00 PM
beautiful loving poem /// penned nicely
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