For Dverse Poets and a “Poets Leaping” prompt which you can find here.
I wrote this back in January just after the new year and with the prompt being (well one of three possible ways to go) to write a poem using the word or concept of leaping I thought of this and the “leaping” into a new year.
So it was that addition plus a few other revisions with fresh eyes.
New Year People
They make deals
in flashlit bangs
with kisses
hugs
new year people
Make me thin
wish
me
comfortable in my own skin
finally
like yesterday
I’m sure I knew
when I was small
.
Make me rich like tomorrow
buy a boat
float
aways pretty
prettier than me into sparkling seas
the one I can never see
even in reflection
.
Make me strong
enough
stronger than I was
when only me dared call my
strong’s bluff
but in silence
who would know
it’s just me
a new year
like last past
a leap into
future
.
Make me different
I don’t care
who they would see then
when
drop a ball
turn a clock
make me someone I am not
drop a ball
turn a clock
it’s ok
who would see then
in
flashlit bangs
with kisses
hugs
just a me
but …
but …
tick …
tock …
drop a ball
turn a clock
maybe a me could be just a me
how could that even be
but …
but …
don’t get ahead
of
ourselves
or do
get ahead
of
ourselves
years come
fall
fail
drop a ball tick
turn a clock tock
again
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