finally, past pretending
I force my eyes
from the fixed point on the wall
I was memorizing
instead of listening
and look at you;
my eyes starting at the point
I suppose
your heart leaps
beneath skin and sternum
though I no longer
wish to rest my head there
lulled by that drum
while I sleep
drawing that line of sight up
to meet your eyes
dazzling in their fury
of brown backlit by fire
yes, there is someone else,
I say
the me I forgot
a long time ago
and further lost in you
that’s who I love
and why I am leaving
you shake your head
and ask me to speak clearly,
having missed
my targeted gaze
so much easier for you to understand
if I had just
made up a man
to leave you for
Susan Daniels Poetry 
You rock….you are a rock….you are my hero….I’m always here! Very. Well. Done!
Thanks, hon 🙂
I am only a rock if one exists with a marshmallow center–a squishy geode 🙂
all the best rocks I know have squishy centers…ALL OF THEM!
🙂
It is the surprise in the center that makes it all worth while!
true nuff–probably why I love Oreos….
And chocolate covered cherries!!! You are a chocolate covered cherry!
ohhhh–yum!
Whooo, and wow. Been there, too much there, never wish to be there, again. It reminds of the last day, my body moving, my spirit shattered. It would take months for the final fall, months more before life reclaimed me. Little markers etched my passage, things that cemented it all into memories I’d just as soon cast away, Sinead, singing Last Day of Our Acquaintance brought me to the next day, but I don’t know what saved me on that one and sent me forward to the next and the next and the next.
Wow, Nelle–thank you so much for sharing that, means a lot that you would, and I know that feeling–raw, but necessary.
Susan, what a voice! what power! such beauty! every line flows and rocks..raw, real
the me I forgot
a long time ago
and further lost in you
and for me, one mesage is clear from this song- you must never lose yourself as you loosen to another! . and then the comments by Rhonda and Nelle – really wow and touching and from deep down, revealing how so well your song has tuned into particles – emiotional and relational – floating around, the stuff relational mechanics is made of! Well done Susan! can I reblog?
You most certainly can reblog, and thank you so much! And yes…lesson learned…
Reblogged! Asante Sana, Susan! 🙂
Imela 🙂
I am tech challenged! Uploaded to Twitter and mistook that for reblogging! 😦
Now correcting myself! 🙂
Hey–don’t feel bad–I have no idea how to upload to Twitter… 🙂
& thank you so much for doing so–glad you wanted to share it…
Reblogged this on visionvoiceandviews and commented:
Great poem by my duet partner and fantastic poet that explores the pains of separation!
Whoa…this is fantastic!
Thank you! Glad you liked.