Poem Of The Week #38

There is a major problem with being different. People give you a lot of shit about what you do that stands out. You could have different believes, different preferences, different ideas, or even different hobbies. I write poetry, and that makes me different. But despite my hobby in something that I believe to be unique and beautiful, people give me crap about it. They get angry at what I write about, they make fun of it, etc. I think it's because they don't understand why I do it. It's a hobby; a preference. A lifestyle choice in some respects. I write poems that I believe in, poems that I enjoy, poems that don't even make any sense or are based in reality. This poem is one of the latter. While it may be drawn from past experiences, it's not completely how I feel. Actually, it's not really a poem so much as it is a song (you COULD sing along with it, but I prefer to put it up here anyway). You want to make fun of me for this site, fine. You want to talk behind my back about how much of a weirdo I am, ok. You want to take my poems too seriously and get angry at me for it, do it. Doesn't make a difference to me. I'll keep on posting poems even if no one reads them.

Every now and then I find
I think of you from time to time
Though we went our separate ways
And those times we had were such a craze
I can’t help but fall into you
And all that shit that we went through
I lay aside my pent-up fear
And soak you in when you are near
I can’t help but want you here
To make this pain just disappear, oh,

And I need you now
You don’t know how
Much I miss you
How much I want you
How much I need you
Fleeting memory won’t do
When all I want is to be with you

I never knew how much I cared
To give into you was what I feared
So I kept away from giving in
You just wanted to be my friend
I knew the fun times wouldn’t last
You and I would reach an impasse
I guess your feelings are in the past
But please just give me one more chance, oh,

And I need you now
You don’t know how
Much I miss you
How much I want you
How much I need you
Fleeting memory won’t do
When all I want is to be with you

Anthony C, "Unforgotten Feelings"

And to those of you who enjoy my poems...thanks.