Response to Someone Getting to Know Me
I like
when my nail polish chips
because it looks like a Rorschach test.
And I like
finding pictures in my beer foam,
like you do clouds.
I love
the smell of old books
and
fresh cut grass
and I love
taking pictures
of the sunset
and
sunrise.
I want
my house feel like a home.
I want
to plant a garden
and buy chickens
and bees
and plant fruit trees
but wanting
to sleep
outweighs my motivation
to do those things.
I worry
about my kids
and that I am not home a lot
and I think
I need to make more time
but
any time make
will have to come from
somewhere
and I don’t know
where
to take it from.
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What an intimate way to get to know someone. I LOVE the first stanza! The nail polish/ Rorschach detail is incredible. <3
Someone asked me to tell them about myself lastnight and that was pretty much my response. I reread it and was like…hey…that’s a poem!! ???
I really like progression of this poem. It’s got a very ‘every day’ kind of charm to it which in turn makes it very human.
Thank you! ?