Stop... Poem by Nestor David Armas

I wish I was simple

My words just single syllables

My ideas basic cable

My thoughts ripples in a puddle,

I wish there was no complexity

To my desires

No high stakes to my risks,

No fine print to my joy,

I wish I had known you

Under easy circumstances

Convenient even,

I wish that there was

No long story to tell,

No book with index

To this fairytale,

I wished that it would

Have truly been simple

Like I said it could and should be,

I wished I hadn't seen

The galaxies in your eyes,

Hadn't heard the symphonies

From your lips,

Hadn't felt the depths

Of want as I held your hand,

I wished I didn't wonder

I wished I didn't care,

But definitely certainly truly

I didn't wish I hadn't met you

And gotten so close to the sun,

I just wish I could stop wishing...

(09/01/2012)