Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Familiar Pursuit (Poem), and an update

She enters the room,
Unsure what to find.
Fellow students around,
Beer cans in hand.
Genderless for a time.

He watches,
Predator eyes,
Every movement.
Interested in meetings,
Recognizing a familiarity.

And so it commences
With an alcoholic inspiration,
Smearing dignity,
But not their intentions.
Each have a story.

He wants her
Like many others,
But wishes not
For physical actions,
But emotional closure.

Her heart is hers,
And refuses to care
About the men around her.
Attempts fall short.
She is wise.

The pursuit drives him,
A race back in time,
Hopelessly impossible.
But emotions control him,
A slave to his subconscious.

His mind remains focused
On her elegant being.
All the while,
She is free.
That past is only his curse.

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As of late I have taken to a new residence far from home in order to pursue a greater education. I arrived on the thirty first of August, but have been kept busy by fellow classmates. However, I was given enough time yesterday to write this poem, along with two others, from the well of inspiration that my new home has given me. Strangely, I find little sense of homesickness. In the beginning, I had felt as if I did not belong, but that quickly faded. I believe I will enjoy my time here.
As for this poem, it was inspired by a young woman I have been seeing rather often around campus. She and I have met and talked, but this poem truly comes from a concept I have been thinking about for some time now. I believe it was Freud who suggested that we subconsciously make connections between people. If in some subconscious way a person reminds us of someone who we are fond of, then we are more likely to wish to know them. This young woman bears a striking resemblance to an old friend of mine. Their personalities are worlds apart, but I am convinced that I was drawn to her based upon her familiar appearance. It was with that in mind that I wrote this poem. Anyways, I must be off. Until next time,

-Zero

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