What You Are

Jboo09
Author: Jboo09
Word Count: 115
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You are a beautiful, sorrowful song
on the edge of my tongue
groaning to be heard
sighing to be sung

You are a restless ocean
beating at my shore
and I may be the ship that sunk
deep on your ocean floor

You’re a book of a thousand pages
over every word I’ll pour
until at night I drift to sleep
but wake up needing more

You are the morning rain that falls
outside my window, weeping
waking up the senses in my body,
warm from sleeping

You are the trap I’ve fallen through
I’m tangled in your skin
with every taste and touch and breath
I’m sinking deeper in.

What You Are

  • Sandra Smith

    Sandra Smith, 7 months ago

    Beautiful words!!!

  • Wendy  Stivers

    Wendy Stivers, 7 months ago

    Love this.

  • kdhorn

    kdhorn, 7 months ago

    Awesome, great feeling!

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to Wendy Stivers’s comment, 7 months ago

    thank you for loving it :)

  • Ben Ruskin

    Ben Ruskin, 7 months ago

    “You’re a book of a thousand pages
    over every word I’ll pour
    until at night I drift to sleep
    but wake up needing more”

    enough said..i absolutely loved this, it flows so well..

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09, 7 months ago

    So glad you like it! Thanks for reading and commenting on my work, I really appreciate it!

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to Ben Ruskin’s comment, 7 months ago

    meant to hit reply to your comment Ben, the message above is to you!

  • Rella

    Rella, 7 months ago

    You are really talented! No need to talk yourself down on your profile page…...I love how this ends with the ‘trap’ verse, it’s such an effective conclusion :)

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to Rella’s comment, 7 months ago

    Well thank you very much for the encouragement, and I’m glad you like the ending :)

  • Shanna S.

    Shanna S., 7 months ago

    This poem is great. I love the form and it flows together so nicely. Don’t ever underestimate your creativity you have great potential. You are a very talented writer and I enjoyed this poem.

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to Shanna S.’s comment, 7 months ago

    Well thank you so much! the compliment really means a lot to me, thank you for reading and commenting!

  • coffeetea

    coffeetea, 7 months ago

    without note, it is still a seeping song!

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to coffeetea’s comment, 7 months ago

    thank you very much for reading this… it’s my favorite thing I’ve ever written and it means a lot to me that other people love it!

  • MicahKB

    MicahKB, 7 months ago

    Now this is awesome, Jboo09.

    Excellent read. Sweet stuff.

  • girlinthestars

    girlinthestars, 7 months ago

    so powerful – so very lovely~*

  • tonilouise

    tonilouise, 7 months ago

    You write with such beauty..Adore your words…

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to tonilouise’s comment, 7 months ago

    Thanks so much, I appreciate the encouragment!

  • J.K. York

    J.K. York, 7 months ago

    “I may be the ship that sunk deep on your ocean floor” is fantastic. love the personification of the ocean. a perennial force of nature in a person. well done.

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to J.K. York’s comment, 7 months ago

    Thank you so much!! That’s my favorite line too :)

  • Symmetry44

    Symmetry44, 7 months ago

    Excellent poem pretty lady.

  • botticcelli

    botticcelli, 7 months ago

    wonderful poem….powerful

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to botticcelli’s comment, 6 months ago

    thanks for reading, glad you think so :)

  • normajean

    normajean, 6 months ago

    I had to read this through a haze of tears welling up. I don’t know why, maybe because we are sisters your words make so much sense.

  • amarica

    amarica, 6 months ago

    And it is often a trap, but sweet and luscious to the soul, the mind the inner recesses of the mind. And when it is over it tears the soul asunder and leaves the pouring rain to drench your spirit until you love again.

  • lolowe

    lolowe, 6 months ago

    Oh wow, your rhymes are beautiful and well written.

  • Jboo09

    Jboo09 in reply to lolowe’s comment, 6 months ago

    Thank you so much!!! Appreciate the read and comments!!! ;)

  • greeneyedlady

    greeneyedlady, 5 months ago

    “I may be the ship that sunk deep on your ocean floor…” beautiful! This one resonates with me because I’ve felt this way and you have put it into such perfect words. I’m favoriting this one!

  • lianne

    lianne, 5 months ago

    Jenni – once again you have outdone yourself – the flow of this piece coupled with its deep longing and sensitivity is just simply beautiful. Such talent is rare – I prize just knowing you!

  • Jacqueline Barreto

    Jacqueline Bar..., 5 months ago

    very beautiful words.

  • stephfine

    stephfine, 4 months ago

    You are awesome with your words! well done!

  • April Mansilla

    April Mansilla, 4 months ago

    wow such beauty and flow in your words!

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