Poetry
#1795 - Freedom From Speech
Posted July 18, 2010 · 05:43 AM
I figured out my speech
And threw it out
Because a sonnet
Is more appropriate
Than my confrontational edicts
I had to let you know
That we are one more day
Closer
To holding each other
In each other’s arms
That we are one more letter
Closer
To writing our own novel
And that we are one more
Desperate love phone call
Closer
To being closer
I told you first
That I loved you
Like a friend
Later
You told me first
That you loved me
Like a lover
I feared that
When my reaction
Was less than yours
I would forget
That neither of us
Were ever counting
Or in a race to first
I would forget
That when it is over
I really believed
That it is over
But now
Being over scares me more
Than telling you
That I love you
Like a lover
Being over scares me more
Than telling you that
I would like to
Make love to you
And I truly hope
That I can take my time
So that my words of hope
Scare you more
Than me telling you
About my freedom
Freedom from speech
Freedom from speeches
Freedom from my speeches
And making you catch some
Of my rushing sonnets
Of how close
I believe and hope we are
And of how close
I believe and hope we become
© Corey Hamilton