2010 -- 2.2 (Spring) Poetry

It’s Not You, It’s Me

 

by Kat Douse

I don’t know just how to tell you

But yesterday when we were

————- engaged

on our boss’s desk

I was whisked away through hallways

of celebrity faces

and bodies

until I settled upon

(insert favorite celebrity here)

I saw into His eyes and

I felt your/His touch and smelled Him/you

and

He and I fought pirates as

you and i fought back noises

He and I rode horseback through an orchard as

you and i rode bareback through an office

and at that moment when I

almost got there (cuz i didn’t –

get

there)

He was who I saw on the insides of my eyelids

and i forgot

we (you and i)

existed

Kat Douse is a current student at SCF, Venice Campus.  She enjoys her exciting career as a barista, and her challenging course load.  She grew up in Brentwood, TN, and relocated to Venice, FL in 2002.  She loves writing, especially poetry, and hopes to continue it for as long as she can.