Thursday, March 30, 2017

Definition:

Definition:

A Poem by Brigid Cooley

I have a Pinterest board dedicated to words.
Eccedentesiast: noun; someone who hides pain behind a smile.

I believe that words define people, even if we don't want them to.
Lacuna: noun; a blank space, a missing part.

We are all walking storybooks.
Solivagant: verb; wandering alone.

We all have lines that need to be read between.
Lypophrenia: noun; feeling of sadness, seemingly without any cause.

But we never stop long enough to find them.
Adronitis: noun; frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.




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Monday, March 6, 2017

Serendipity

Serendipity

A Poem by Brigid Cooley

I was born on a rainy day in January.
My grandma says I was a winter rose.
That was almost my middle name.

I grew up on mud pies and country songs;
I became a hoarder of books.
And now, here I am...puddle jumping to conclusions.

I wish I could fly.
I wish I could feel the raindrops against my wings as I look down on skyscrapers.
When I find "the guy",
I do not want him to promise me rainbows.
I want him to promise me that when it rains, he will leave the umbrella at home;
he will ask me to dance in the street and twirl me around so that the light of the street lamp close by blurs into a sunny horizon.

I do not want the polished, the put together.
I want the refurbished, the broken made new.
I want the rainy Wednesday's spent sitting in the car, listening to the music the storm around us composes.

Just for us.

I want to count the raindrops that are trapped in his eyelashes and to kiss away his tears.
I need grey skies and melancholy lullabies.
I need sopping hair and goosebumpy arms.
Leave the umbrella behind.



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