Poem: Searching

Poem: Searching

I’ve been searching

Through aisles stretching for miles

Seeking out the shade of you

That lingers in my mind

But seems too rare to find.

I’ve been searching

In the hopes that I’ll

Stumble across that forest green hue

Of your eyes, all the while

Hoping that I’ll find you among the racks.

I’ve been searching

Through an endless sea

Of everything that feels like nothing

Because it won’t lead me back to you –

I’m wishing that your heart is searching for me, too.

j.p

Poem: Unspoken Lines #2

A Haiku // The One about Self-Blame

“Did you love me when

Your heart still had its color?

Did I ruin you?”

j.p

Poem: About Balloons

He asked me to write him a poem about balloons.

I said, “What about them?

Their defiance of gravity?

Their vibrant colors against the dullness of the sky?”

His reply:

“If you could, write about me as a balloon.

I know that it’s impossible,

But I dream that I can fly.”

I gazed into his eyes,

Which, in turn, met mine.

I said, “You believe that you can’t

Because you haven’t dared to try.”

He asked me to write him a poem about balloons.

I said, “Why about them, when I can write about you?

You, whose laugh conjures cotton candy among clouds,

Your heart the gleaming sun that brightens up my life.”

j.p

Poem: Explorers

I want to watch the world with you.

Let’s walk somewhere, or everywhere,

And take in the sky,

Sunrise to sunset

With a glint in your eye.

Come exploring with me.

Let’s go on a hunt

For the tallest tree;

I’m afraid of falling

But I’ll climb it

If you’ll be up there with me.

We can find a field

For picnicking,

Stargazing,

Dream-chasing.

Let’s ride our bikes to the ocean

To breathe in some salt and sunshine

Before we have to turn back.

Let’s pretend that we’ve known each other

For as long as the world has been here

And make every step together

A new adventure.

j.p

Poem: Cotton Candy

I’ll dream of you

In navy blue

Like you wore on that late spring night

When the festival light

Of fireworks bright

Was reflected back by your wide eyes.

I’ll sing to you of the world as I knew it

Amid the neon boom

That pounded in my ears.

It was the same night that I knew I loved you,

Cotton candy caught in my curls

Like the woven thread

Of my fingers intertwined with yours,

When I stood close enough to you

That I thought I could hear

The navy blue neon boom

Of your heartbeat matching mine.

j.p

Poem: Song of Last Summer

When I would tune in to your station,

My BPM would shift to match your mood.

Some days I still hear the serene summer sound

Of your heartbeat in my memory,

Your sincere smile, reminiscent of sunshine,

A soothing vision in my sweetest dreams.

Sometimes I feel our hands brush past each other

In my nightmares,

Your fingers skimming mine for a moment

Before retreating, always too soon.

I watch you leave me

Again, every time,

Yet still, I love you in my mind –

Yet still, I love you

Like when your love was mine.

j.p