miss browne

by Paula Schikkerling - leo - Not entered


you are the arbiter of my nostalgia
able to bar the clotting of sweet sixteen
bleed me dry of the finality 
of my farewell - 
so please bleed me through 
honeyed veins tomorrow
when i witness three years 
which i can't grasp
like the needles of the shower
which seep their heat into my pores
but leave me soon dripping with damp

Reason for writing:

    i will see my best friend for the first time in three years (i emigrated) - the poem is about preserving the level of friendship that we had when we were sixteen.    

Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1997-10-27 12:24:35
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:39:46
Poem ID: 48081

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