Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Poetry: Newsflash (unfinished)

Don’t talk to me like you’re in love with me.

You’re just having a contest with yourself;

What’s the most romantically convincing line you can think of to say?

What phrase could make her head want to run, but her heart want to stay?

What string of words will make her swoon, make her cheeks deepen color?

What will make her judging eyes soften and sparkle as she looks at you like none other?

Newsflash for you, Romeo:

Full-bodied words don’t mean a damn thing

Unless they have the emotional backbone to make them stand strong.

Loving eyes are not to be understated,

Those blessed glances are few and far between.

And when you catch a gaze like that…

It’ll mesmerize

and captivate
then it’ll start to

Orchestrate, the room,

The tone

The mood

Altering the substances

You’ll yearn to take your chances

On some possible-throwaway romances

Just to find out if this is the person you’ll be with

until you grow old and rancid.

I can flip a coin and tell you how many times I’ve seen such eyes.

Eyes deep enough to fall into and a word to the wise,

You just might.

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