Something to be going on with.

Hi there. As I mentioned in post # 1, I’m going to put a couple of old bits up here so it doesn’t look like I’ve just been sitting on my hands all day (I have). Minor digression: is the phrase ‘sitting on your hands’ rude? I always thought it was just a term for procrastination, but typing it there I thought it looked a bit obscene… but never mind. It stays.

Now, what to post, what to post….

I’m going to put up a poem I wrote a few weeks ago for my Imaginative Writing class. Don’t think I ever handed it in, so you can all see it now (By the way, I know that posting my own poetry on the internet is a very emo thing to do, but I defend myself on the grounds that I am actually a writing student. Do people still talk about emos? I think they’ve suffered a blow since the fall of myspace. Despite the best efforts of many, you can’t adorn a facebook page with pink stars and My Chemical Romance lyrics.)

Anyway, without further ado, here is my poem. Enjoy.

The Great Rock and the Girl

When will you stop this, and move again?
Can’t you remember?
You used to be alive, so alive
We used to be alive together
Rising clouds and scaling sunsets

It’s time for you to wake up
You’re far too young to be so grey
Take my arms around you
Take my warmth if you need it

Remember your name and run with me
For we were made to run, not to linger
Waiting here, waiting for life

There’s nothing to be afraid of anymore
The monsters have finished their fighting
And the soldiers are all dead

One thousand years is not such a long time
I’ll rest here at your feet, and I can wait
For your eyes to meet my eyes

We’ll stand side by side,
Looking out at our lives
Ready to run again.

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~ by tanquill on March 29, 2009.