I Want You
by Darryl Price
to have something, but I don't think
you need anything from me. There are
poems that belong in your hair and
no one else's. They should be like
stars that only appear every
one thousand years or so, then can
only be seen when you are walking
next to the ocean. You make them
shine. And you don't even have to
try. There's more truth to your presence for
me than a sunrise because the warmth
I feel is in my whole being.
Tell me how do you thank someone
for something like that? I know your life
has its own set of sorrows, but I
also know that you face them with
a dignity that is who you
are. I know you have cried real tears. I
know your heart has ached away the hours
before. These words are only a
small breath to cool your current burns,
but they are given without debt, and
without want. They are words that say they
will always believe in you no
matter what, that's all. Please take them.
Apply them whenever you need to.
They are all I have. You've already
given me the meaning I sought.
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Author's Note
One of my primary missions as an artist, as a poet, is to say out loud and to write down the words of real, true love--so that they exist in the world. I plant them while I am here because I believe they will grow and become part of everything else when I am gone.
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"There's more truth to your presence for
me than a sunrise..."
I love this.*
You can write a poem for me any ole time, Darryl. *
Beautiful poem.
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Beautiful in a way that many can be too scared to express these days. I've felt this way, but never been able to put it to words. Very glad you did. Well done.
Now that's a love poem. *
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Even though the language and imagery feel abstract, the emotion is very, very concrete.*