Driving
Here's another old poem I dug up--this got posted and published back in 1996. Thought I'd take a moment to put it up here for y'all to see n stuff :) Thanks for reading!! Driving (originally written in 1996, rev. 1/24/11) Make me believe you’ll really hold my hand in silence forever. Push the tears back with your tongue as I kick at the bed. By my eyes you have heard all the good in the world and awaken that untitled song in my mind once again-- the one I never rap my fingers to in the car. The one with the faceless hand in the night that kneads me into choking back air-- it’s too thick. The one that takes voice in the last dripping note of the sky. Make me rely on the touch and the arm of another. Prop up my chin with your kiss as I cry in the crook of your arm. By my words you have seen all the good in the world and awaken that untitled song in my mind once again-- the one I never hum along with in the car. The one with the voi...