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Oh Romeo, Romeo?- Poem

Updated: Feb 5, 2023

I measure my heartache with

Each pumpkin carved,

Each pie baked,

Each ornament  hung on a tree,

Each Promise of all things new

That I celebrate with a Ghost.


I miss you in the rush of midnight

When the moon illuminates your pillow,

When all things are intimately sworn,

When I could clasp your hand in mine


My soul longs for you in grocery stores-

where boys buy bouquets of flowers.

In parks where happy couples smile.


You’ve been promised to me throughout life:

A prince to my rescue

A date to a dance

A man to hold

A trip to the movies

A proposition on a knee

A withered grouch on a porch


Yet here I am,

Searching the Earth’s reaches,

Racing against time.

Hoping beyond hope-

That I will feel your arms

Rest against your heartbeat

and hear those immortal words.

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