2.18.2007

Sealed Envelope

He is a sealed envelope
addressed to someone else
that I can not open

an unwritten story
that begs to be told

a locked vault
promising treasure to keyholders
inaccessible

unexpressed ideas
that float in literary purgatory

an unconsummated
rendezvous
buzzing with tension

unfinished business
loose ends, wanting closure

his mind:
like a house with
a thousand windows
he slips away
easily, undetected
sitting outside of his isolated genius
hoping for admission
I wait patiently

Note to reader: this poem was written in a very different type of format that I can not seem to do on blogger. In any event, click here to read the poem the way it is supposed to be read. As you can see from the link, the poem can be read vertically or horizontally.

11 comments:

Rich Fitzgerald said...

I dig that. Tag it.

All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalo said...

that was tight folk.

Lance said...

i'on kno' how you were 'pose to read that...but if you just read it period, it's beautiful.

dc_speaks said...

wow...that was slick Saadia!!

Mizrepresent said...

Very nice!

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dc_speaks said...

whoa...that was um...interesting!

Saadia said...
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Anonymous said...

Yeah, Girly Girl, only weak ass bitches roll out like anonymous. If her man, ejd, wants you then she needs to deal with him, not you.

But then again if he's a playa, he gone do, who he wants to do. But she probably knows that.

CapCity said...

Wow! In any format - that Sealed Envelope is Da Truff! (the truth - for those who are vernacularly challenged;-)

Dawnya said...

There is always someone hating on our Girly_girl...but screw them...we know that she is the bomb!