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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I do not think we will change, we just have to accept everyone as they are… too many are trying too hard looking at themselves trying to change, that’s why they only see those who are what they believe they are… too many mirrors really
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“too many mirrors” is a good way to put it. Always wanting to change or be someone else, that’s gotta be pretty tiring.
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Powerful stream of consciousness. It feels like the forces of the universe conspire against us.
maybe a me could be just a me
how could that even be
Evocative poeming, Stephen.
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Or we conspire against ourselves. Thank you so much!!
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You’re very welcome.
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One day at a time, I believe it is best. Hard to keep up with these new year’s resolutions.
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Hard not to cave into pressure, false expectations, our own and others’, so “maybe a me could be just a me” — regardless of “drop a ball/turn a clock”, a new year. Loved the steady tick-tock rhythm and fall of the words on the page: brilliant.
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I didn’t expect to do anything than drop by briefly, but this, your commentary on the thoughts behind self-demolition is compelling reading for me. You have voiced breathlessly many of my own recurring paradoxes/dilemmas and I feel relieved, exonerated almost.
This business of being human is difficult already, and we don’t need the added burden of comparing ourselves ceaselessly with what we see of others.
Breathe; easefully; spaciousness; are three of my current go-to words. In defiance of the tick-tock and the dropped ball!
Thank you for your kin-ship in this tribe, Stephen
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So glad this made you stick around a little and that you were able to get something out of it. And you are right, this whole human “thing” is difficult enough as it is without needlessly adding to the burden.
Some strong go-to words of being by the way.
Cheers to kin! 🙂
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