I make you believe that
I’m an open book
by making you read me
backwards –
like a cryptic countdown.
But you already know
the culminating end
will be
those peaceful, well-known words
of
“once upon a time…”
Hard covers are lying
about how tough I am
and how well I bluff
looking right at your face,
but we both can’t hide
the attraction,
that’s measured in two-tone
poker chips and
rigid paper money,
hidden in the scent of those old books.
So don’t ask me
why I continue drinking coffee –
I’m just hoping
to find you
at the bottom of my cup.
– Chatty Owl –
CHATTYOWL 
This is beautiful beyond words. Its romantic and sad all at once.
Thanks doll. That really means a lot to me to see that people are actually reading my stuff!
Alright that’s just awesome. And selfishly too, because I just relate to every level of it, and I want another coffee
I want one more coffee too. Welcome to my world of misery 😉
who said one more? 6pm means nothing. let’s do 2 more. Actually wine’s looking good too. Ahhhh decisions
I already sipped a bottle throughout the day. Maybe another one is on cards, huh? Im a neurotic alcoholic anyway haha.
Reading through your poetry and posts I’ve decided to nominate you for the Beautiful Blogger Award. If you accept, you can pick it up here:
http://jrtaylorwrites.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/beautiful-blogger-award/
I simply love your poems… The y feel truthful and though provoking… appreciate you sharing, I look forward to reading more! 🙂
Thanks so much for taking time to flick through them! Im raiding your website now..
“Hard covers are lying
about how tough I am”
Jealous…
Dont be.. Its a hard thing to be.
Well, it’s a virtue to be able to take such pain and turn it into something so beautiful. Be proud of your scars as well as your feats accomplished despite them. They make you who you are.
Sometimes it’s not beautiful, but it’s all worth doing 😉
Really like this one a lot, brings to mind the notion of feeling more alone together than apart! My favorite line though: “Hard covers are lying
about how tough I am and how well I bluff” great stuff as always!
Thanks, once again.. You seem to pick my favourite lines too and it always make me smile. I guess knowing a person even a little bit, changes how one’s words affect the reader and makes it a little bit more special. Thanks for being supportive!
You’re very welcome! I completely agree, knowing a person does change how you read their words but I think also that maybe our brains are wired very much the same so we both tend to like the same words or phrases more than others! Probably though it’s a combination of both.
I agree, probably the combination of both 🙂
Yes we both love the taste of it, and maybe this time at last, there will be a different flavour to it.
Wow, it enthralls me!
Nothing in this world is yours to keep. We borrow each other and ourselves just as all the things and places by where we live. Our lives may be summed up into books and stories, happy beginnings and bad ends, inside down and upside back. Although in this very moment, beyond all lies and tries, there is a vivid essence in our vial. That is in the bottom of your cup and in you and me. And every little bit of it, is worth the trial.
Its the pleasing process of drinking it up and getting to the bottom of the cup. Or soul. Or a person.
And a full cup of hot coffee?
So… Did your book start with “Happily Ever After”?
My books never start with such good words. It’s always the opposite of the happy ending/beginning 🙂 you know, i dont particularly like happy endings – even if i believe in it, others dont. Like mermaid stories :P:P
Yes!
Old books ❤
Open book 😉
Perfect Owly
I love old books myself. They have that amazing “old smell”!
Yes! Love the smell of stories to be told and a history of readers ❤
Mmm, beautiful sentence.
☺ Muse 😉
Yes, really pretty! (better than smelly reader, too!)
Haha, thanks!