Sunday, August 30, 2015

Heart August 3o, 2o15

Yes, a while it has been. I've missed you. I'm sure you missed me. Anyway, I am writing. Mostly it's on the personal blog . . . sometimes movie reviews . . . they seem to be hard to write . . . all most as hard as writing a poem.

Heart
 
I can't find my heart! I know I've got one somewhere.
I have at times loaned it out, here and there
to some girl or other but it’s always
found its way back home when it  grew tired
of playing with others, stomped  on by neglect  . . . 
used to prop open doors, forced to watch
as they moved everything they owned
out of the house . . . out of my life . . . forever.
 
I know, I know . . . what use is a heart anyway?
A very useless thing, but I've grown accustomed
to seeing it lying about, on the kitchen floor,
me searching for its beat
between the cushions of the couch.
 
Hard to give up on some things even when
you realize they're no longer relevant.
—Woodie o8-16-12