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dear mystery it dawned on me I haven’t slept without you since I handed you the keys to my dreamwork our teamwork keeps me up to date but I’m sleeping late so I don’t miss you I’m future you’re past in time we’ll be cast in carbonite memory you love me I know so why don’t you treat me repeat me would you complete me logic says you’d fall short and I’m already cut my attributes predetermine my value but we can still share the universe holds us both in its infinite together apart together apart forever apart would I could you should we never or will we ever set sail to pass in the night two ships eclipsed and gifted sight to see what’s wrong with the progression of our song we may lose our way can you say that again? once more from the gut I know what it means but not if you mean it don’t clean it I want it unwashed unpolished untamed like a billowing flame that stays cool at the center you enter me here where I’m open the window is small if you blink you might miss it you’re only young once dammit so what so no going back so no moving forward you’re safe in my limbo I’m lost in your words spark of the heart forbidden ignited remain in my darkness my love unrequited dark knight of the soul white light to behold over mountains and haze we’re too set in our ways to embrace it to chase it and then to erase it forget and regret so we stay here unmet unturned unbroken unknown unspoiled and unspoken
Love the rhythm and free-flowing nature of the poem, Meg. I dig it! It brings me back to the fresh and funky feel of 90s hip hop. Maybe a group like Digable Planets. Here’s one of my favorites by them, “Where I’m From”.
https://youtu.be/sl-pjb7y3y0?si=FuHC8Mva_4kgFNQS
You had fun with this, Meg, and it shows. Stand out phrases: "it dawned on me I haven’t slept ..." "my attributes predetermine my value " "I want it unwashed unpolished untamed ..." "the window is small if you blink you might miss it". And my favorite: "you’re only young once dammit so what". I had a relationship like this once, eons ago. I remember being mostly exhausted all the time.