My Baby's at the Corner Store

You been gone for a while, 
they start to doubt—
but I know where you at.

In the dead of night
no matter what room 
you occupy, I abide. 

Through all my senses
I feel you all around me. 

Petrifyingly beautiful, 
they begin to leave 
with a misunderstanding.

Baby they think you don't visit me. 
Not knowing you were sitting across 
from us grinning ear to ear.

I choose this early time
as the nightfall is only for me. 

When you come alive.

Your hair is spaced out
curling from the top to the ends,
same as how we embrace.

A hand wraps around my shoulder blade 
and another at the back of my head.

How have I managed to say goodbye?

Destroying every part of me 
only to pick up the pieces 
and make me feel whole.

My sweet illusion.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Agustin Avatar
July 24, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Croft Avatar
July 21, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Welcome to poetrysoup and good luck in the contest with this excellent poem.
Hall Cabrera Avatar
July 21, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Poem inspired from "Haunted" by Glenn Hughes
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