Poems from knoonan
I'm fighting through veils and curtains
and the smoke and mirrors
of my mind.
My fears.
My failure.
Pulling rejection out of tophats
and...
A smile
A conversation
A meet-cute
A date
A meal
A walk
A chat
A connection
A kiss
A week
A month
A year
A home
A puppy
A marriage
A...
I'm pretty
She's sad
I'm pimply
He's presumtuous
I'm indifferent
She's trying to hard
I'm cool
He thinks I'm awkward
She thinks I'm...
I've waged war
against you,
in my head
and in my heart.
If there is
anything I've learned
about war,
it's that we
always falls apart.
But over-complicating
the same simple emotions
over and over again.