POEM STARTER
Submitted by XOXO, Z A I N 🩵
“Clouds cover the skies, rain pulls at your eyes,
but nothing hurts as much as little words turned lies'
Use this stanza as either part of, or inspiration for a poem.
This Poem Has No Metaphors
Some Sundays,
I think of long car rides in a place I've never been,
Specifically a roadway narrowed by the most beautiful trees
The journey has giggles and laughs and fun facts I would have never known
It has a premade lunch, wrapped in paper, and many sketches on the back of our foldable map,
As well as a change in tires when one unexpectedly becomes flat
A memorable smile,
Funny voices,
and care that doesn't seem to waver this time.
I also think of you,
not that it matters at all.
Now...
I think of how I've never gotten enough tuna wraps,
Or wise, well-lived advice,
Or the roll of polyhedral dice,
And I want more of what I imagine just about every other Sunday,
But it's behind something I can't seem to inspire,
Like an untouchable memory
But these are all silly things I think of,
Usually every other week,
Because this poem has no metaphor
And there is exactly nothing I need