if (indeed) these words were waves...

 

Everyone

sits up

and notices you

 

when you are up on stage,

shining.

 

But I,

I noticed you

way before you hit the stage,

 

in the half light,

smiling,

 

talking affectionately

about your home.

 

Your gentle smile,

it took me by surprise,

 

leaving me more than a little

dumbfounded

 

& lost for words.

 

It meant the world to me

 that you liked my poetry.

 

And nearing night's end,

if indeed I had found the courage

to stay a while and talk to you...

 

if (indeed) these words

were waves...

 

I would have offered you

an ocean.

 

Long after the sugar has subsided

 

(from my peanut butter parfait

 with chocolate fudge sauce

 & choc torte)

 

I still cannot sleep.

 

I think of your smile,

and the opening chug chug

 

of your oh so sexy bass guitar.

 

Let all the other boys line up

after your show

 

and be your groupies...

 

It was enough

 (and it really did

  mean the world to me)

  that you liked my poetry.

 

If (indeed)

one day I find the courage

and if these words

were waves...

I will offer you

an ocean.

 

Or, at the very least...

 

A shy smile,

 

and your very own plate

(all to yourself)

 

of

peanut butter parfait

with chocolate fudge sauce

& choc torte.

 

Possibly

the best dessert

I have ever had!!

 

 

(c) Brent M Harpur, 12th February, 2013.

 

 

"Square one, my slate is clear
  Rest your head on me my dear
  It took a world of trouble, it took a world of tears
  It took a long time to get back here." (Tom Petty)

 

- For P.