Poetry: #109 She Walks Among Us (Hesitate and Grasp 1)
A selection from the collection: Hesitate and Grasp
Preface and Background
This poem, and collection, started back in 2017, with most (14/20) poems being written from second half of 2017 through May 2018. The rest were written in 2019, 2020, and 2023. The first several were likely written together (as you’ll notice over the coming weeks), but the exact dates are lost in the metadata as I digitized and organized things from back then.
In any case, the themes encapsulated in these poems are all about the title of the collection (I know! Shocker!) They start out as a direct concept collection telling a story but morph into the abstracts while coming back to “hesitation” and “grasping”. There’s other reoccurring ideas explored as well. Altogether, this is a collection that came into being as I evolved as an individual and my writing moved on from the past and into other things.
The struggle is real. The battles of relationships, society, and personal challenges are real. This collection explores all that and concludes pretty concisely:
“Do not hesitate. Do not grasp.”
Or, as Yoda might say in a much clearer way:
“Do or do not, there is no try.”
She Walks Among Us
I see the woman I wish to marry. She stands before me and I ask her to dine with me. She agrees. Thank the Lord as I walk with her to the eatery, Please, do begin to tell the story of your friends. Sit here; let us eat this fine meal while you speak. Leave the past in the past I say, I wish you could sense, My desire to know you better, to learn of your anatomy. Finish darling, faster if you can! We must head back to my place so I can show you my movie, It’s the best movie, you have to see it, come along! I promise I won’t leave you anywhere too long. Let’s cuddle by the television and watch, As the famous men and women perform their art.
Question Section
The whimsical nature of dating can be so quick and slow—so give and take. Have you ever had an experience with someone like that? Did you like or hate it? Did you realize they swept you up in the rush to “be”? Let me know in the comments!
What are your thoughts on this poem?
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