Captivate Poem by Maya Hanson

Captivate

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I strain against this cage
tell myself it's not all I am
when the weather breaks down our fences, crashes into hope
and always
comes out on top

If distance is nothing but
space in our heads,
then why is it pulling us apart?

Who knows if we're forever
Who knows if we will last
You can captivate me tonight
and after all, that's all I ask

Meetings and silence are
the same thing after all
as we sweep everything under tables
like the dust and the prison bars,
untold stories and intertwined fingers

Speeding forward, catching on
to whatever we're supposed to be
Living in capture, captivated
with this ephemeral timelessness

Who knows if we're forever
Who knows if we will last
You can captivate me tonight
and after all, that's all I ask

Captivated by the stars,
not because they're charming
but because when you're below them
they seem to spark soft eyes and a grin and a thought

And I don't know you but I
can't help but wonder
why such a small miracle
brings you peace

Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: love,night
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dawn Novus 25 September 2017

In a seed the size of a full stop is a mighty oak tree not yet realised. The miracle is in the small things.

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Marieta Maglas 26 July 2016

Who knows if we're forever Who knows if we will last You can captivate me tonight and after all, that's all I ask -I like this stanza

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