Did You Notice, I'm Still Here
And The Nonsense That Follows
What will it take,
what will capture your eye?
A story like Faulkner,
or Catcher in the Rye?
To be someone else,
if for only a day.
To experience how intense,
it feels to say.
Whatever you want to,
whatever you feel.
A fly on the window,
a bee on the sill.
A crashing crescendo,
a press for free will.
The very thing needed to,
express how you feel.
I touch the water,
where you were before.
A nobody's daughter,
begging for more.
Flowers held in crystal,
a pressed rose in a book.
A twenty-two pistol,
for her pocketbook.
Skin smoother than porcelain,
but thicker than blood.
Stronger than the force within,
though it is stuck in the mud.
A glance with affection,
a touch without pause.
A bite without barking,
from a cat without claws.
To make sense of the senseless,
one page at a time.
Will surely get your attention,
if I make the thing rhyme.
About the Creator
Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
Telling stories my heart needs to tell <3 life is a journey, not a competition
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Comments (31)
such beautiful poem
Touching 🖤 amazing work! I clicked on your page because I seen you have 1200+ published writings and wanted to follow you as I appreciate all the time you’ve put in! Bravo 🙌 this was the first writing I read too 👌 💋
Beautiful! Love it! 😊❤️
This is classic; how did I miss this and why isn't it a Top Story?
The rhythm of this was delightful. It *did* get my attention!
One that I'd missed, and is how I feel all the time. Excellent work
Wow 👏
I love this! Reminds me of some people in my life I care about very much. Your rhyming was great, I feel like sometimes poems that actually rhyme bother me when it is forced but yours felt so natural
Last line: Ha! Right?! Well done!
Powerful poem -- with excellent rhymes :)
You did a wonderful job with the rhyming and all the imagery you created with your words!
So many great images. Well done!
I love “Flowers held in crystal, a pressed rose in a book. A twenty-two pistol, for her pocketbook.” Feels full of meaning. ✨
Excellent Kelli and as you know I love a good rhyme.
Rhyme makes reason! People like shit that rhymes 😁 My favourite bit is "A bite without barking, from a cat without claws" 😀
Very good Kelli. A lot of meaning here!!!
Beautiful piece. Nice work.
Fabulous work!
Super surreal superbly stated!!! 👏 👏 💕
Wonderful piece as always -😉 ❤️🚶🍃📝
Your poetry is so wonderful - ❤️ Love it!
This is just gorgeous. Well done, as always.
Sometimes i read a story, like now, and I wonder what was in the author's mind when the words were written. What was the passion that motivated the words that appear so perfectly upon a page. We all write from a particular mind frame, yet it resonates so much with others. This was really beautiful.
You have my attention that is for sure ❤️
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