Wednesday, November 3, 2010

POST 2 - EMILY

I am completely surrounded by myself.
Wherever I go there is no one but me.
I am the ocean soft, white, frothy loftiness. Loveliness.
Sometimes I am a sleek plate of shiny dark glass. Solid and Unchanging.
Other times I roar and rage, an urgent destroyer.
I run fingers across my cool surface, letting water swirl around each digit.
How long will the calm last?
Beauty can be ugly when accompanied by fear.
I feel a pull to save you but I am too far away
You cannot reach across the sea.
I long for you and me.


Written November 2, 2010
Inspired by a letter I found to Ike that I wrote June 24th, 1997. I was almost 20 and was studying abroad in London for two months.

1 comment:

XYZ said...

that's a long time to study a broad.

HAHA. just being silly.

This is cool. Mushy but firm.

And there's not enough use of the word 'digit' these days, so extra points for that.