Saturday, April 2, 2016

Family Resemblance

I want to live for you
not just exist, like a lizard in the sun 
but really live 
diving deep 
silver in the river 
splashing and swimming
and flipping my tail 

I want to cry for you 
not just feel sorry 
but rivers inside me 
smoothing, eroding 
the jagged rocks 

I want to feel you 
not momentary emotion 
but earthquakes that shatter 
and shock my heart to life 

I want to find you 
not just a book 
but a path through the woods
blood on my knees 
looking for seeds 
to grow in the garden. 

I want to be you 
not just a friend
Your blood in my veins 
Your words in my mind 
My family, they walk and talk like you 
People will tell me I'm looking like you 
I will just tell them 
It's not me, it's you 

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