Green

it seems as though 
a thousand years have passed 
us by

and you have reduced me
to some kind of 
common piece of furniture

you’re over here
i’m  over there
looking at each other;
reflections in smoked glass

taking our norm and twisting it to fit
your perfectly sick fantasy of
comfort and security

quiet, deep inside
you like to be
ruled, told
how and what
to think and feel

then, in the end
it was never really you;

lying to ourselves is the worst thing we can do

and you say 
you don’t wanna be like me

it would be nice to be green again
without the depth of time
and the gravity of life
strapped tight around my heart
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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A   Avatar
August 31, 2013 at 9:45 PM
Lori, , Congratulations :-) on having your poem Featured on the soups Home Page... always~ Linda
Hopkins Avatar
September 3, 2013 at 5:59 PM
thank you Linda! what a fun surprise :D
Dumaine Backlund Avatar
August 31, 2013 at 7:32 AM
"reflections in smoked glass"...such a perfect expression of a relationship gone stale with time and resistance.
Hopkins Avatar
September 3, 2013 at 5:59 PM
thank you Jenny~
Anglesey Avatar
August 29, 2013 at 7:19 PM
Congratulations, your poem is featured on the "Poem of the Week" home page... :)
Hopkins Avatar
August 30, 2013 at 7:52 AM
wow! what a great message to wake up too! thanks for the heads up :) i really like this one too ~ :)
Kilmer Avatar
August 18, 2013 at 2:10 PM
green , yellow, or blue, It all about loniness and two people never being one. I like this one. I'll be back. Kilmer
Coleman Avatar
August 17, 2013 at 11:46 PM
wow nice I like the way you trying to express the I inwitch is u.good job welcom add me to the fans.
A  Avatar
August 17, 2013 at 8:18 PM
splendid write. Lori, sad, your first poem on the soup is excellent for the readers, I love it!! Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. Wishing you the best when it comes to your poems. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* Skat *
A   Avatar
August 17, 2013 at 4:40 PM
I love the color green Lori, deep first poem, -A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. Dropping by to invite you to my latest contest. You will find the contest page on the top left hand side* -Looking forward in following and reading your poetry. Hope to hear from you soon. You will enjoy the community, we are one big happy family. (Drama & Love. LOL) ~ Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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August 17, 2013 at 12:17 PM
Welcome to P-Soup, Lori ! - Nice to read your first poem here. - Hope you will have much pleasure to be with us. - Wishing you good luck - have a nice day! - Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours. - My first greeting to you from Norway / / / Anne-Lise :)
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