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Beautiful Girlfriend
by Alastre ZidlerHer arms fall around
My neck like soft electric,
A test of my senses, a sense of my tests
I cannot see her smile but it
Becomes a ribbon to blindfold me
Your girlfriend is beautiful
She whispers from behind me
And I cannot see her eyes
As they shear through the photos
Ive hung on my cubicles walls.
Her voice becomes a panacea
Soothing aches from months of struggles-
For so long Ive tried
To get those photos
To smile back at me
The words scrape and creak out
Please hold me
Delayed like light from a star,
To travel millions of miles
Only to be masked
By a cloudy sky
Sometime later I discover that
I'm all alone and
Ive leaned forward and
My eyes have opened on
A photograph:
A beautiful woman, strangely familiar
(Though I do not know her)
Holding my newborn son
09/03/2003 Posted on 09/03/2003
Copyright © 2025 Alastre Zidler
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Quinlan L Gibson on 10/07/03 at 03:44 PM good lord this is dramatic, i absolutely love it. A poetic snapshot in itself well captured. |
| Posted by Maryellen Lebeda-Parra on 12/06/03 at 09:13 PM this is most beautiful. i love how all your words tell such descriptive stories. |
| Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 04/15/04 at 01:23 PM this has an interesting twist at the end... was it a chance fling... or is the poet speaking of his girlfriend as if she is someone else's?... excellent portrayal, with inviting phrases... great read... blessings... |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 07/15/04 at 08:40 PM It feels like a time warp, or a temp loss of primary personality. But is the mother the girlfriend or the seductress? Hmmmmmmm. I love it!!!! |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 04/21/09 at 02:15 PM This is good stuff and definitely worthy of POTD. |
| Posted by Richard Vince on 04/21/09 at 10:37 PM absorbing and heartbreaking. a very deserving POTD. great stuff. :) |
| Posted by Mo Couts on 06/29/11 at 02:01 AM This poem was confusing for me, but more intriguing than confusing; I like it =) |
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