Sometimes, poetry can be serious and heavy stuff. Everyone who creates poetry in some fashion or other wants to be remembered as having made an impact on the cultural landscape of their generation, to be known as having made a literary contribution towards a greater sense of being, to convey the gut-felt emotions that accompany the social and political climate in which we live. I am no different - it would be great to be thought of as having that impact, to be known for the words I write.
But that's not all life has to offer. Life is silly, and funny, and full of strange phrases that hit you in a way you weren't expecting. It's misheard song lyrics and things that came out wrong - but sounded so right in our heads.
It's with this in mind that today's offering comes. Oddly, it was during the planning for the next road trip of the year, that one of those silly moments decided to strike, and it was too much fun a phrase to not use it here - so here goes!!!
The Phrase
it started right,
a simple thing,
that came out wrong
and led to laughter,
mild hysteria, and the shared moment -
where we two could laugh and grow and play
as we planned,
a perfect brilliance of the fumbled word,
forschmuckled in an instant,
etched in fond memory then,
and spurring on the imagination to create
a permanence.
we both knew the aim,
and what happened wasn't close,
but a simple phrase let me grow to love you more,
and in these few words,
the hopes that it echoes true again,
and you can have the same experience as i,
for "bobbie socks and baby sloths"
and the glint of laughter playing on your lips
will be with me till time runs out,
a simple phrase
meaningless to others,
cherished together.
Also, for those playing along, feel free to send me challenges - meter, rhyme, subject areas - you name it!! It's always fun to plan poetry as well as to write off the cuff!!
Thanks for reading,
Me
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