POEM STARTER
‘With a smile, you promise to say nothing more.’
Write a poem or short story that concludes with this line. What kind of themes could lead to this final phrase?
Closure
I wish I had the glint
You keep in your blue eyes
I wish that when I’m silent
I wouldn’t have to say why
It’s not that I’m jealous of you
Or in love
Or in hate
Just that I seem to respect you
More than I did yesterday
I wish I never stood
To see the day
Your smile faded
I wish you had known
What you created
The day I evened up to you
Was only so
I could meet you at your eye level
And study that glint closer
I remember hardly any
Of the words you told me
Just the body language
Of your still hands
Tilted eyes
Subtle glances
Pushed aside
It was always a how
Never a why
Somehow I’ve met
So many people like you
Except you never did anything
The way they meant it to
Maybe you were wrong
Because you couldn’t hold back your right
Maybe it was the both of us
Too weak for a fight
And here’s your closure
Since I’ve gotten mine
The way you’ve matured
Since you walked through that door
With another slight smile
You promised to say nothing more