This machine isn't you

justamjustam Posts: 21,392
edited April 2013 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
This machine isn't you
it isn't alive
without you, there's nothing left on this machine
this machine I relied on to keep me connected
to people who aren't nearby
but it was all some kind of electronic illusion
close in spirit, far away in reality
we've been apart the whole time
left enclosed in our own minds, just reaching out
or trying to
I've been typing here in my own rooms the entire time
reading words and dreaming lovely dreams
and throwing my world out into the wind
or on the wires
on my own
no one forced me to bleed all over the keys!
but somehow I wanted to
on my own, I wished for you
and waited and hoped for more past the time I should have
and now I'm left with an unsettled feeling
as I try to disconnect
because there's no reason for me to be on this machine now
the machine isn't you
and I don't know what to do with myself during these times
I used to write and dream lovely dreams for you
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,136
    love it..
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • AnnafalkAnnafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    This was a thoughtful poem, great one :)
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,392
    Annafalk wrote:
    This was a thoughtful poem, great one :)

    love it..

    Thanks for taking the time to read it. :)
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  • rollingsrollings unknown Posts: 7,124
    justam wrote:
    and I don't know what to do with myself during these times
    I used to write and dream lovely dreams for you

    the whole poem was awesome
    these lines especially
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    awesome ! this is your song.

    Godfather.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,392
    rollings wrote:
    justam wrote:
    and I don't know what to do with myself during these times
    I used to write and dream lovely dreams for you

    the whole poem was awesome
    these lines especially
    Godfather. wrote:
    awesome ! this is your song.

    Godfather.

    Thank you both for reading this. I appreciate the kind words! :)
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,392
    I wrote this last April.
    It feels even more true this year.
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  • AafkeAafke Posts: 1,219
    Great poem,.. very recognizable!
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    "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
    "Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
  • ShynerShyner Posts: 1,226
    i love this !
  • You're true , thank you
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,392
    4.2K

    4.2 thousand views
    My broken heart had to be
    E-x-p-o-s-e-d
    To get that many pairs of eyes to look
    So much like a bad accident on the freeway!

    And yet, maybe that's just due to
    The authenticity of the feeling...
    Ripped open, weeping

    We've all been there

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