Cosi Celeste Poems

I notice that when you walk by,
you notice me.
I catch you catching sight of me,
and smile when you smile at me,
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I called you to meet me
It's been more than a year.
You talked without noticing me across the table.
My car's in the shop...
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You crossed my path while still deliberating a different notion.
Charming and precocious you took me by surprise.
Once inside, you took hold of me…something stirred deep within me.
We flirted shamelessly.
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It wasn’t my intention to hurt you,
I was just collecting things.
My cell phone, my job, my apartment,
the things that I so often left.
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I felt you in my heart today.
I don't want you in my heart.
I want you in my head.
If I think of you and don't feel you,
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Tethered by a string you bounce attracted by every breeze.
All I can do is watch the dance from below
as you move to the left, then down, then straight up into the sun.
The string that connects us grows taut
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There's a newness burning in my pocket that yearns to escape.
I keep ignoring it deferring to the path I've walked instead.
Still I feel its tug when I see the sun emerge, or watch a bird in flight.
I sense its presence heat my thigh when I pass a mirror and catch my smile.
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There’s a space between me and me that won’t be closed.
It’s who I was and who I am that seems so absurd.
I can’t look back, but I feel something remains there that I need.
Part of me pushes forward…curious for what’s ahead.
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I didn’t come to right a wrong
I’m well beyond that slight.
I hardly think of you at all
I dream with lucid conscience.
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I give up trying to change helium into hydrogen.
I give up trying to change no to yes.
I give up trying to see without my glasses.
I give up trying to run when I should walk.
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