This machine isn't you

justam
justam Posts: 21,415
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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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    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.....”
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    This was a thoughtful poem, great one :)
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Annafalk wrote:
    This was a thoughtful poem, great one :)

    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    love it..

    Thanks for taking the time to read it. :)
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  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    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.
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    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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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I wrote this last April.
    It feels even more true this year.
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  • Aafke
    Aafke Posts: 1,219
    Great poem,.. very recognizable!
    Waves_zps6b028461.jpg
    "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
  • Shyner
    Shyner Posts: 1,226
    i love this !
  • vogonpoetbythelake
    vogonpoetbythelake Posts: 2,146
    You're true , thank you
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    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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