Epigram ‘n Aphorism Samwiches

Quitting You (Fire For You inspired)

I'm always quitting you
like the pencil and the pad
like the shaded elm
where i summered alone
in the quiet of a day
when all passing
were on their way
to some destination
and i had you
and those words, scrawled
etchings lost like carvings
in a tender tree

I'm always quitting you
when I come back for shade
with a smart device
that knows the way
to collect my utterings
on a bright screen to stay
One day, maybe
I'll quit you because
no one else can see the dreams
at play, hidden
from the light of day

Why must it always be this way?
With me, with you?
Reverse it, walk away.


6.10.21

IDK, just something I had to get down after the title phrase, thanks to the music by Cannons.
Poetry is a temptress that has offered little in return, or do I fail see her true rewards?



Like a smart lad, i capitalized I in second verse to show growth as a man. Who am i fooling?
Truly, the poem reveals I'm at conflict and fighting with myself, since she/poetry are concepts of this mind.