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Ella Banks Poem
you and I, I would say, are
inseparable. My dear, we built
Bridges of solid stone that
hold us together. Even in the
floods, if the concrete is
submerged, I can swim safely
to you. You are the safety pin
attached to my clothes, and you
hold me tightly together.
but I fear, my love, that you
don't feel the same. I see
you stand at the other side
silently with a hammer and
chisel. You'd break yourself
from me to make me loose
again. I'd face the bad weather.
You'd let the current
carry me far so you wouldn't have to deal.
How could I even begin
to believe we were real?
If anything, we are
more separate than ever.
Copyright © Ella Banks | Year Posted 2023
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Ella Banks Poem
Some words depart unintended,
I'm left to figure out, understand, explain,
And you watch as my face twists to find the right way to say but I can't speak. I'm silenced by the thoughts, telling, pleading begging to stay quiet; I fight it.
Sentences are jumbled with missing letters perhaps taking another path, yet I'm the one mislead,
And you repeat back to me what I said,
as if I speak that language. I try to translate but I hate the fact that I can't, and you can't figure it out either,
So i finish before I can start.
I learn to plan each vowel and consonant in the correct places,
But that just leaves more mess,
So I begin to suppress every mistake and ignore the thoughts that make fun of me,
Silence is tranquility.
Copyright © Ella Banks | Year Posted 2023
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