Click here to hear the poet read his words:
you said yes
I saw you
standing with a group of friends
at the school gates
and when I plucked up my courage
you smiled and said yes
some time later
I left for university
I knew a girl like you
would have admirers
but when I asked if you’d wait
you smiled and said yes
time passed and I asked
the biggest question of all
and of course
you smiled and said yes
we lived happily then
but not ever after
I worked far away
and suffered loneliness
when I asked your forgiveness
for a terrible fault
you smiled and said yes
but then I was away
too far and too long
and mistake followed stupid mistake
I returned and saw
in your eyes
a different
deeper sadness
and when I asked
if there was someone else
you didn’t smile
but you said yes
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Beautiful. The pain and difficulty of deep and sustained connection expressed so well.
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Thanks, Lindsey.
I find that most relationships have ups and (sometimes terminal) downs.
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AnElephantCant stop laughing
He says I’m as dumb as a rock
I’m not too sure
If he is so pure
But it seems he can turn back the clock
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Better to look towards the future than turn back the clock.
But his rhymes were much more creative than yours.
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He was more fun too, good Lady.
I miss him more than I can say.
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What I liked about the elephant was that he never expected me to be ‘good’. In fact he rather enjoyed the opposite.
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Yes, but AnElephant was AnAnimal…
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The human condition laid bare.
You never shy away from the soreness of life.
Simply and poignantly written, beautifully crafted towards the final two lines.
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If it doesn’t hurt, Jenne, then there is no point to it, is there?
Thanks for your kind words, much appreciated.
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