Poem

"Poem"

I have difficulty awakening from sleep

Because when I dream, you might be waiting for me

In the last one

I had a body of ice, my organs frozen solid

It was not a good thing

But one of those wierd melting away and dying things

And you had come to be with me

Even though it's fiction in real life

I can only speak to you in my dreams and in my rhymes

But it becomes clear, clear like pure ice

Out of these poetic dreams is where I'll make my road

And I don't want to walk all those miles alone.

Miss America

"Miss America"

Hello there

Miss

I swear you met me once before

We had a conversation in a diner

On the corner, during dinner

And our words fell to the floor

They were flat, without love

Without any reason to float above

They felt cold, could not hold

That conversation for very long

And I thought there was something else

Honey, there's gotta be something else

For you to say, because I'm tired

It's the end of the day

And it's difficult for me to formulate

Any words to charm you with

Who are you

Miss

I'm sure you have some kind of

Autobiography for me to read

With some lovers, you're a fighter

Battle scars fit for a soldier

And we talked, for hours

You said you lived a little life

In this little town with a big frown

They don't bring you up, only down

And I thought there was something else

Honey, there's gotta be something else

About one of the things you said

I don't know what happened then

At the end of your senior year

But I would've taken you there

To the prom

Miss

I'd have strength at the end of the day

To ask you out in a charming way

And you would've remembered it

But now you too easily forget.