Out of my Reach

NOTE: If some of this sounds like my previous poem Reach, that's because it is. I wasn't happy with Reach. I felt like it was incomplete and that I could put more into it. Reach was inspired by the song Use Somebody. Just recently I heard a song by Cara Beth Satalino called Shimmering Thing. In my mind I played with Use Somebody and Shimmering Thing. Then I did the same thing with my poem Reach and here's what came out of that.

Wake up to an annoying sound.

Drink my coffee as I ponder a clock

I want to drown. Misery has my mind

bound as I ride to work downtown.

Walk around lookin' up at what I can't reach.

Pretty faces fill the places I wish I could be.

Trying to jump start my life. That's hard to

do when it's empty. Need someone with a 

smile and an open heart.

Growing up I was told to sit down and

be quiet. Now I know I'm not stupid. Not out

to start a riot, but I'm only average. That don't

get me replies from women on ok cupid.

A lot of things are out of my reach.

Don't wanna air dirty laundry. Don't

mean to cry, whine, or preach. Have

a talent I want you to see. Hope it's gonna

make you notice me. Hope it's gonna make

you love me.

By Eben Cooper

Mind Blindness

We sit in an awkward silence.

I wish I knew what you were

feeling. I don't want to act on

a false pretense. I want to show

you my affection, but I don't know

what you're thinking.

Could you be wondering what I

want from you? Do you feel anything

for me? I don't want to scare you.

Clarity is what I need. I try to understand.

Your expressions and body language are

hard to read.

I want to kiss you. I want give you

my love. I'm afraid to reach for you.

I don't dare make a move. I don't want

to force myself on you.

By Eben Cooper

Young Woman

I can feel you watching me

and I'd give anything to know

as you're standing there smiling

with no clothes on what you are

thinking of...

I'll do anything.

I'm surprised that I'm still alive.

Maybe I'm disappointed in myself.

Let's not get into that. 

Give me your hand, young woman.

I promise I'll do this right.

There's not much I wouldn't

let you whisper in my ear.

Could you be thinking of a

possible impending love

or are you wondering if I 

really want you? Come here,

lay beside me tonight. I'll

breathe life into you. I'll

hold you tight. The words

you speak sound so sweet

I'd let you fill my head

with lies.

Give me your hand, young woman.

I'll breathe some life into you.

There's not much I wouldn't let

you whisper in my ear.

Do you care how I feel about you?

I don't care how you feel about me.

I'm afraid of feeling.

Love In Vain

Her beauty remains the same.

She doesn't know who gazes at her.

Is she something that any man can tame?

Would her beauty make my life any better?

You can't ignore what she makes you feel.

Forever on this page with that smile. But

this girl isn't real. You can live a fantasy

for a while.

Love doesn't jump off of a magazine cover.

What you see is only eye candy. She'll

never be your lover. That doesn't mean

she can't make you happy.