an evergreen park;
searching, under the pine shadows
you will not drown here
because look around you:
you are not alone.
these growing angels are reaching
you don't need to take their hands,
because they are already holding yours.
take a breath.
it's so easy, isn't it?
so easy. don't savor it,
there will be many more like this.
wonder at the clouds you can't see,
at the treetops that cover you
like a new sky,
they protect you like a precious child,
an embrace that feels like the world
has conspired to love you and put
all its efforts into keeping you safe
and wonderful and so, so alive.
don't worry, young one.
they're above you. they're around you.
so listen:
you're not alone.
3 comments:
poetical. but i guess every poem about me (it is, isn't it?) has to be some sort of romantic "pull your head out of your ass."
most of the poetry i write i put on here. so the melodrama comes with the level-headed stuff.
and, we aren't the same person. i'd venture to say we're not even close to the same person. the same things don't necessarily apply. just for the record, the event that inspired the poem had nothing to do with me. i couldn't control it. there was no catastrophic event, it was just people being really stupid. i wasn't even at the scene of the crime. i was in my room. this isn't something that can be fixed by being "okay with it."
and, though the poem might not even be about me, if i'm the one with the alleged small heart... i think you're wrong. and maybe i'll go into why someday.
thanks for the thought. i'm not mad. i just think that it's time to either stop trying or try another way.
whoa whoa. i feel, uh, stupid.
though maybe you should think about some of the things i've said, just because it bears saying. i'm sorry for being so stupid about it, though.
and argh. if i'd known what saosin meant, it all would have been clear. except the drowning thing sounded like a response to my poem.
>.<
let's put this behind us, shall we.
i must be entirely and completely misinterpreting this poem, based on former comments.
however, i read the poem before i read them, and it made me feel safe.
since i haven't felt safe in some time, it was very nice. and i just wanted to say so.
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