Untitled (for now), by Brant Nevin

Though outside, you may be gone;
Inside you will always live on.
Feelings repressed.
Feelings oppressed, compressed.
Feelings detracted, feelings retracted and compacted
Knowing you has changed my life
Never telling you how I feel;
Friendship, at times, slippery as an eel.
Though monetarity has never been my…
-speciality?
I can truly say, without lacking or depravity…
-of emotion
that
Knowing you has changed my life.
Together we hid in solitude;
Hermits in the shell of servitude.
Obeying society, morality, peers,
And most importantly, obeying fears.
Fear that…
Fear of…,.
Not knowing the words to say,
Lacking the capacity to portray
that
You bring joy to all my strife
If we live life to feel,
And we jest outwardly to hide,
We’ll never know it’s all real;
Whether, by the laws, we should abide.
But, if there is one thing I can do
One thing, with utter certainty, never want to unscrew,
It is the threading of our knowledge,
And the experiences we have, everything we share.
You have to put it all into one teddy bear,
And cherish it for your entire life.
One thing I always needed to say,
that
I’m glad you’re in my life.
You bring joy to all my strife
I’m running out of paper,
But never out of words
To describe what I think.
If I had one thousand years,
Maybe more;
I would still shed tears
for want of your
Time
To tell you what I mean,
To wipe away my faults,
And leave a brand new sheen.
The word Love is very powerful
The word Love is very strong
One thing I Can say
Is that you will Never be wrong
Following your heart.
Listen.
It will never lead you astray.
I’m sorry this has ended,
Mad with myself for letting it get this far,
I hope that one day all will be mende.
I want to thank you for everything,
I want to find a way.

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2 Comments on "Untitled (for now), by Brant Nevin"

  1. Jiyeon Lee
    13/01/2009 at 6:19 am Permalink

    this is my favorite poem of yours, Brant!

  2. Brandt
    13/02/2009 at 5:51 am Permalink

    Thanks! It’s probably my favourite of the ones I have written, too.

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