Something Between US

As if? 1968 (Las Vegas, NV)



As if there were something between us
Not arising out of sleepless nights
Long Drives or Secret rendezvous

I dreamed I was combing your hair in the shower; It was so tangled as were you

As I attempted to unravel
Each hair became a scar for me to unravel

Then You turned to unwind my eyes
from all the pictures they held through the yrs

Though you slipped between my fingers
Like dropped compassions

To Twirl around my legs to disappear down the drain

I awoke distraught to a white ceiling sparkle
unable to go back to sleep

Simply Smiling wondering if somewhere
you were still in the shower.

About this poem

Written to my wife when we unfortunately separated. After our struggles were still together

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Written on August 15, 2013

Submitted by geoffnet2000 on September 05, 2021

Modified by geoffnet2000 on August 27, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXB B CC XA XA X CX XX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 598
Words 116
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2

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Scott E Smith born July of 1968 1985-2003 Served approx: 18yrs of Military service: 82nd Airborne Division, 160th LRSD 40th ID, 1/184th 29th Inf Div. Graduated from University of Nevada Las Vegas 2010 Comprehensive Social Science Degree. My wife and I are still together after 17yrs. more…

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