A Poem From Across the Room

By Rebel_not_Radical

On this night,
as I was caressing my Zippo lighter
engraved with a wounded heart insignia,
I laughed as you suddenly pirouetted into my
mind with the grace of a porcelain ballerina
in the usual way you flow through everywhere
I lay my eyes on you

And I thought about writing you a poem
or maybe even things that would make you laugh
just so I can see the elegance of your smile and
the prismatic sunburst in your eyes


Because your smile baby, it's killing me


And believe me when I say that I love it
like the way I suck on this cigarette,
like the way I try to find words to encapsulate
your quintessence

And I love the way I fail at it,
because I would gladly write another poem
that could claw its bloody way into perfection
like a creepy, bumbling adolescent love letter
that you would secretly keep deep inside your heart

Because that's just how I feel...

And i felt that i've just fell in love again for the first time

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© 2008 Tetch de la Cruz
Published on Wednesday, April 23, 2008.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • NeroMatches On Sunday, September 22, 2013, NeroMatches (49)By person wrote:

    I wonder where you are man, or if you're still alive, knowing about all the crazy shit that you used to do. It's been a long time. Why can I not find you anywhere. I remember the last time we hung out, loading pipes with Baguio Gold and talking about the old times. That was five years ago. So if you're still alive then call me up. Let's smoke a joint for old time's sake. If you're not, then I hope they have good weed there in the afterlife. God knows that dead people deserve to smoke good shit.

  • Silent Meadow On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, Silent Meadow (9)By person wrote:

    This goes into my favs., I've written many poems inspired by a mans' eyes, voice or manner. The lighter in this write meant the 'want' ;the yearn.

  • Believer On Saturday, February 14, 2009, Believer (48)By person wrote:

    i like the flow of this and the sentiments, of course.

  • The Lipstick Factor On Wednesday, April 23, 2008, The Lipstick Factor (287)By person wrote:

    Nice..I like it..nice visuals..

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