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Katherine Oliver Poem
you sang to us, spontaneous
and smiles grew like candyfloss
the air awoke with quaver notes
your words coiled in the sky like smoke
i try to catch them in my hand
but they shatter into dust and sand
and sprinkle on the grass below
so the ground takes on a golden glow
the golden glow begins to spread
and sneaks into my lover's bed
it wraps us up together tight
it's tendrils twisting in the night
so i am him and he is me
and we are 'one' so playfully
and when it finally lets us go
it'd found its way into my soul
Copyright © Katherine Oliver | Year Posted 2008
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Katherine Oliver Poem
now to rearrange, or pick and choose
from what i had, that made up you
the scattered thoughts inside my head
"write a song about me" you said
i found some gems; lyrical gold
in my snapshot box of things you told
i strung them together, set them to rhyme
my jigsaw of poetry in 2/4 time
this is the stuff that songs are made of
but i cant sing in tune
its a shame i have dyslexia
or i'd try it in accapella
i know you think its sexier
the words, i know will make you smile
i was in love, you in denyal
those extraordinary nights, sick with perfection
are mirrored here in my singsong reflection
that time we laughed so hard we cried
rolled in the grass, stayed up all night
dizzy whispers accross the bed
'write a song about me' you said
this is the stuff that songs are made of
but i sing out of key
this problem makes the tune flop
sound more r'n'b than hip hop
so i guess instead of singing
i'll have to scream your song from rooftops
Copyright © Katherine Oliver | Year Posted 2008
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Katherine Oliver Poem
I’ll always remember
Our nights in the city
And the way your eyes shined
Open wide
With wonder every time
And we’d talk about freedom
Like kids always do
And nicotine kisses
On rain spattered faces
Kept our loving alive
Sing ‘its you that I want’
Its you that I want
You make me smile inside
I keep my arms open wide
Its you that I want
Sometimes you’re far off
But I just keep singing
Until I dance in your way
And we’re together again
We’re always ok
With you I can ‘be’
Our silence is golden
And just being still
Nothing matters until
The end of your stay
Sing ‘its you that I want’
Its you that I want
You make me smile inside
I keep my arms open wide
Its you that I want
Copyright © Katherine Oliver | Year Posted 2008
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