you

you by anelephantcant

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You

you think you’re old
you meet someone
you have no new words to say
you think of every phrase you know
they all sound dull and so clichéd

but you write them down regardless
because somehow you have to start
your brain no longer functions
so it all pours from your heart

she’s a Shakespearean sonnet
a hive full of honey
she’s Judy’s Easter Bonnet
she’s a painting by Monet

she’s a hillside of heather
a foreign accent
she’s a love song by Cohen
and a dream lover’s scent

she’s a novel by Steinbeck
she’s a poem by Burns
Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma
she’s Dior being worn

she’s Paris in Springtime
a small white cloud in the sky
the laughter of children
a single tear of pure joy

she’s the Italian lakes
the Islands of Greece
a perfect bouillabaisse
she’s the whole world, at peace

she is everything beautiful
and everything good
she is perfect in denims
and perfecter nude

each second of each day
thinking of you
each minute of each year
loving just you
and all of my life now
missing just you