Melissa Joy Chesky Poems

Cody
Strong, only one for me
Wanted, needed, adored
Arby’s, Mitsubishi Eclipse – restaurant, mini van
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Using the notes blared to cover the void,
Swiftly, quickly, I erase your presence.
But, naïve as I, past lives aren’t destroyed.
And my mind – frantic – floats in your essence.
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I would willingly say,
“Yes, again”
to your supple lips.
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It was a predictable shock
A déjà vu sting
The familiar pain
Rushing back so readily
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January 25th,11: 34 AM –
Your voice rips through the lonesome static;
The blade of grass that lacerates the sky,
Opening unknown gore onto our profane world.
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I am the
Self-righteous
Self-loathing ingrate
Because strong soldiers can’t be
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I’m grabbing strength from where none exists.
My deficit is growing.
I want to fall
But to fall is to lose
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Today, I saw a ghost
And he didn’t even know who he was.
Age didn’t affect his features;
His hands are the exact way I left them years before.
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It’s you that makes my mind explode,
That flushes my body in exuberance.
My eyes flush green, when they are truly blue.
But it’s mostly because of you, you, only you.
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I am her hand
Her trembling hand
Tracing his face
His clammy hands
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