08 February 2007

you don't have to do anything to keep me.
you don't have to do anything to lose me.

i don't want to be kept.
i don't want to be lost.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Pam

This poem reminds me of a really hard time in my life. I wrote two poems that month. Here is the first one:

The Black Hole

I have my keys
I have my poem
I have my book
I’m missing my head

But I have my keys
I have my poem
I have my book
Where is my head?

I write in my book
I read my poem
I drive around with my keys
Looking for my head


Here is the second one:

I broke in half today

I broke in half today
the steady whirr-whirr-buzz-buzz
of a lawnmower cut right through me
my knees were scattered on the cement
my feet upturned over there
my ankles scrapped iron rust
in a puddle somewhere else

my head floated in the sky
my chin was looking for my torso
which couldn’t be found
along with my hands
until my fingers touched and

palm to palm
I asked god for help


I like the second one because I was somehow reminded that these times are only passing events. I know how painful they can be and it isn't easy to imagine there could be a better time, but I found that that is what having a higher power in my life does, remind me that if I just live one day at a time, there is some hope of life changing.

Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:01:00 PM
Hope said...

that is so true....my main solace at times like these is that they pass and life turns into easier times with less troubles...ok life, I'm ready now!

Another thing that helps which you also mentioned is turning it over to a higher power. Right now I am in the stage of exploring my views on what that is for myself but I do call it "letting it go" and having faith that somehow, someway it will work out how it is supposed to.

thank you for all of your wonderful and thoughtful comments and also I wanted to mention, the poem you wrote entitled "When Civilizations Die" touches my heart at the deepest level. I still cry my eyes out during the last two paragraphs. It is truly amazing.

Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:01:00 PM
Óscar Varona said...

So short, so good, so straight. Congratulations for the site

Saturday, September 22, 2007 5:45:00 AM

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