i’d rather…..
by doreen peri
Posted to Action Poetry on 2002-07-26 22:38:00
i’d rather owe it to you
than cheat you out of it
i’d rather be the burning
than the ice frozen in chips
left floating beneath foam,
drowned
perhaps i could be ophelia,
selfish, tempetuous, wild,
and style my hair fair
reconciled with mystery,
reasons
of my breathing
in and out
seasoning myself
with apostrophes
to show posession.
but i’d rather Love
myself than follow
the procession
to the doing in
of me.
i’d rather be
alive
than
any other
option
and i don’t see a need
to bleed my heart for
an adoption
i’d rather have
one foot in the river,
one foot on the shore,
one foot on each side of every
closed and open dor.
one foot on the balcony.
one foot on the terrace.
one foot past the pride of me
so i won’t be embarrassed.
foot by foot it’s measured.
Life, the treasured knock.
one foot ‘fore the other
is the only way to walk.
two by two
each line describes
the stepping out of fate.
octopEYE have only ARMS
not FEET
and they
have EIGHT
i’d rather be deeper beneath
the reach of an tossed out anchor
on a rope and thank her for the depth
of her courage
than to never take the chance
to swim or to dance or encourage
.
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7.27.2002