I Don't Get It

by Jack deCongo - Capricorn

We danced the world away, 
and when we finished we were alone, 
and the world and all it's pleasures 
and pains 
had become ours. 
We looked up from the tiny world 
held 
between our hands and 
fixed 
our gaze at each other's eyes.
Slowly we melted in each other's eyes, 
and you 
faded 
slowly away

If I could 
peer 
into your soul what would i see? 
Would the bright star in your heart 
reach 
out towards me? 
Would there be a vast forest of life where i could 
become 
immersed? 

We jumped into the empty pool 
and the water 
gushed 
in to soften our fall. 
Similarly the fool jumped from the plane, 
but the wings that tried to 
catch 
him could not stand his weight, 
and so two souls 
died 
that night.

For some reason each time we 
look 
for happiness it 
jumps 
out at us, 
but it also 
slithers 
away soon after we find it, 
and as we 
grasp 
for it and 
plead 
for it to stay it 
slips 
through our fingers like sand down the hourglass.

Reason for writing:

    .....?    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2000-12-10 20:26:03
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:10
Poem ID: 58912

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