i press...

By apophenia

i press you into my palm
grind with heavy word
sincerity out of you
with thumb and need
as you once did
ground my displaced body with one foot
this wavering idea of self from self
you from me
would you think me crazy if i informed upon myself
the awful confusion
(of not accepting the obvious)
the distance, the physical space
that Einstein insists we cannot co-inhabit
at once
ever
(i wish i had such clarity) why does that make me feel so alone?
would you believe in me
if i told you i needed something to believe in?

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Published on Wednesday, February 22, 2006. Filed under: "Poetry"

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On Monday, July 24, 2017, worm (1149) wrote:

this is, actually, very good!
On Friday, June 26, 2015, MercyRain (105) wrote:

i press.... echoes reaching through almost a decade now to still haunt... in the meaning? in the connection? which haunts more? the futility of sending messages back in time? I dunno... I miss you though... :/
A former member wrote: This is great, This was a definite read I can relate to. Good Job.
A former member wrote: Fantastically written!
On Saturday, April 17, 2010, MercyRain (105) wrote:

Ah, my dear... i miss the banter, the pushing boundaries... i hope you are making the universe treat you well
On Thursday, May 15, 2008, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

Where oh where is one of my favourite poet philosophers? I miss you!
On Sunday, March 18, 2007, birdwell (138) wrote:

i for one, choose to hang on your every word... it's been too long. post something new so i can be more prompt. ~db~
On Saturday, October 14, 2006, Jonas (715) wrote:

as time goes on i find it harder and harder to leave words that express my pleasure at having read an author's poem...
A former member wrote: this was really good
On Monday, July 3, 2006, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

I can feel every word this...your quest for beauty, surprise and magic within a scientifically explanable universe...I think you yourself are evidence of this magic.
On Monday, July 3, 2006, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

Cells combined, neurons firing telling your heart to beat, blood flowing into your brain keeping you conscious...and yet
On Monday, July 3, 2006, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

when I read your work you are so wonderfully beyond merely that organic state. Your intellectual curiousity and talent combine in such a delicious way...I always look forward to your pieces, my fellow wanderer. Ciao, T/S
On Sunday, May 28, 2006, Wolk (54) wrote:

Wonderful writing.
A former member wrote: oooooh my... yes I love this, you have taught me soooo much in a very short period of time, we are linked here by these thoughts and the reflection of the last interrogative lines is explanatory
On Tuesday, March 14, 2006, manywalks (747) wrote:

I cant get enough of this one, folding beneath my tongue. ~ wen
On Wednesday, February 22, 2006, ApathysKiss (377) wrote:

god, i've read this 3 times now and it's consuming, every thought provoking line and question burrows its way deeper to that profound end. i could read this over and over and find different apices...between the longer sides of which links us
On Wednesday, February 22, 2006, ApathysKiss (377) wrote:

through the shorter separates but never endured. sheesh.