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pink fluorescent
by Emily Davidsoni'll watch you under the
pink fluorescent
glowing;
as i am nothing but a breathing body
with a heart holding a vacancy sign.
i'll watch the way you
prop up your feet and
point your face upward,
and sigh and say how
sleepy you are.
i'll wish to myself that i could sing you lullabies
and tuck you in at night
and smell your sheets.
there's something that happens
when my eyes are watching your fingers
and your fingers are swaying
and my eyes are swaying, too
and for that one little moment
it's like we're swaying together. 12/11/2003 Posted on 12/12/2003
Copyright © 2024 Emily Davidson
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Barbara Griffith on 12/12/03 at 03:56 PM "i'll wish to myself that i could sing you lullabies/and tuck you in at night/and smell your sheets." This is such a perfect description... thank you for writing it :)
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| Posted by Richard Trotter on 12/15/03 at 11:46 AM the imagery is intense and appropriately vivid. I like the line "heart holding a vacancy sign" a lot, it sums up the sadness in the poem and the empty yearning of the later verses. |
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