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learning in the dark
by Ava Blu
i read most things when i'm not logged in,
something about doing it in secret
makes it feel less special;
let's face it, some things already think
too highly of themselves
i procrastinate until i can feel dawn approaching
and i'm still twisting around on the floor;
something about waiting brings out
the best in me
but only when i've got nowhere else to go
and maybe sitting around in my pajamas
every night, drinking another glass of wine,
writing the last two pages of my philosophy paper,
and getting him to help me learn the muscles,
isn't such a bad way to spend my night
i read most things right before dawn
with everything dark enough to make me feel
like no one is watching, no one is counting
how many breaths i hold
but when i'm using my glow-in-the-dark nails
to find the bathroom in a hotel,
he watches as my eyes adjust and begin to glow as well
and i read to him the poetry i thought of while
i sat on the bathroom floor,
i read him with my nails
and we procrastinate together,
agreeing there's nothing better than
loving in the dark.
10/26/2011 Author's Note:
and by 'loving',
i do not mean sex
Posted on 10/26/2011
Copyright © 2024 Ava Blu
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 10/27/11 at 02:25 AM This feels like home to me, too. Something about the way you write has me feeling like we're sitting right across from each other talking, the genuine way you have with spilling words to page. This one feels (to me)like you're whispering to yourself and whoever else wants to listen in. And I can relate: there's a rare sacredness in being with someone who can simply "be" so close as "loving in the dark". Sacred poem, in my humble. |
| Posted by Lori Blair on 10/31/11 at 03:50 AM Wonderful..there is something so strong about your imagery that holds me spellbound,,Your work is incredible..thank you |
| Posted by Sarah Wolf on 11/01/11 at 03:05 AM In my opinion this is one of your best I've seen in awhile, love the nails... |
| Posted by Nadia Gilbert Kent on 02/05/12 at 06:11 PM This seems familiar to me in the best way. |
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