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Embracing Life
by Natalie JonesThe day I met you something inside me opened. A back patio
door or opening to the cellar. Either way, something guided
me near you & to you, around & in you. These days the
stacks of paper are tall & my heart feels old. I look at
you & feel like dancing. I look at you & feel the life
inside of me again. Not to be morbid & not to be a girl,
but these are the things this life is made of -- clinging to
a love like it's a totem pole. Listening to the way my
heart behaves when it's alone & comparing & contrasting
it with the way I feel when I'm around others. I once
wrote about an internal life becoming external; expanding
radially & calling out from some depth within,
well, I am still that girl, & this is to say : that
you can draw me out like a small town population to
watch a lunar eclipse. My heart is like this mountain of
memory that builds upon itself & you could be some type
of sunflower with the way you glisten there in the light. 07/22/2008 Author's Note:
Juan
february 16. 2008
Posted on 07/22/2008
Copyright © 2010 Natalie Jones
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 07/23/08 at 08:08 AM good to have you back, lady. |
| Posted by Michael Smith on 01/04/10 at 12:46 AM A well-presented stream of consciousness. I especially like the allusion to the town being drawn out for a lunar eclipse. Strong images across this entire piece. Thank you for sharing, Ms. Jones.
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