"Overused
Verbiage"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
08/12/08 6:30 a.m. pdt
I love you, scream the downtrodden and despaired,
hoping for a little love to look into their eyes
overused and overripe
they just won't hear those words tonight
and so they mope
and dare to hope
and climb a little farther up the rope
they dream about the love to come
but fail to feel the love in some
I love you,
claim the uberenlightened and contented,
in deep denial but wating for the right time and tide
overused and overwrought
they cannot pay and can't be bought
and so they cling
and try to sing
but no love to their life can bring
they dream about the love to come
but fail to feel the love in some
I love you
all, I want your love
I cry to heaven up above
did we break up, or did we ever couple
was love the pin that broke the bubble
I've loved, despaired, content, surprised
I've seen the love in other's eyes
but never saw myself reflected
and so with love have not detected
overused
and overdone
love takes two and I am one
I love you, dictate peers and pawns
across desolate landscapes and well trimmed lawns
I love you, I will cry from here
and maybe someday you'll come near
Poetry
2008
