literature

Reciprocity

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You've no time in your
Full-to-bursting schedule
For attention paid to my bluster
All the arms-flailing passion mustered

On a dimly-lit computer screen
My passions are spread thin
I'm defensive and hurling abuse
'Til the other is stung and subdued

It's not much that
I've asked of you
Moments for a song
Just a minute or two
Something worth sharing
More than just 'good'
A piece of music without which
I'd become unglued

A frantic phone call
When one's stomach growls
I ignore and it echoes thrice
You could be my greatest vice

Perhaps I've made
Your survival certain
So close to home
The most convenient person
Whenever need outweighs the means
Remember these verses
The meaning poured over

Remember my request
When you are showered with curses

As soon as my accelerated heart rate
Tumbles back down
I search for wallet and keys
To deliver and spend as you please

Any delicious impulse
To simply disregard
Is fleeting and lost on the wind
For you I will always bend
I actually wrote this little tirade months and months ago - probably November or December of last year.

I put it away and forgot about it, then showed it to the person who inspired it. Of course, at the time of composition I was just being silly and overly-sensitive about something that really didn't mean anything. Now I see just as much of myself in it as the person in question, and I am humbled.

I finally came back to it, edited the shit out of it, and decided that it's not so bad.

I think this is mainly about the give-and-take of friendship, and a perceived imbalance in that scenario. Kind of like "I've done things for you, and I continue to do them, so why can't you even perform THIS small service in return?"

Certainly not my favorite poem, but it's got some merit. :)

P.S.: Wild Beasts HEAVILY inspired the rhythm and rhymes.

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Excellent picture of two members of the band who inspired this little rant:



A gorgeous retelling of the proverbial imbalance, only HER work was successful. This poem is incredibly lovely and sincere in its simplicity.

Give & Take   
I want to give you all of me  My body, soul and mind  I need to be in love with you  Until the end of time   
I need to know you’ll always be  
In love with me each day  I want to be a part of you  
In a very special way   
I want to feel your body  Strong and warm against mine  I need to be in love with you  Until the end of time   
I want to see your smiling face  When I wake up each day  To give me strength to face the world  What ever comes my way   
I want to be in love with you  As we pass through the ye


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angeljunkie's avatar
I think you have several good lines in this, and the emotion is certainly there, but the rhythm didn't flow well for me. You also lost the rhyme scheme after the first two stanzas, then sort of picked it up later, but didn't follow through with it.