I Waited- A Gatsby Poem

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Suddenly, realization sprung.

Recognition, gut-wrenching.

Epiphany came off its rise

Sprinting down the blackest hills

Circumstance obsolete.

   I was waiting.

I know not what for,

I know not who,

I know not how the doors of

Truth opened for a fool

Dangling for every one of your words

   I waited for your lies.

Springing forth from the depths of your

Purgatory

Led me to the gardens of

Kismet

Wherein lied you

And your arms.

   I waited for your touch.

Guiding me to the gates of Heaven

The Feel tortured yet enlightened;

It tethered me to your Corrupt Utopia

Your likeness to the sirens of Old never forgotten

Only rediscovered.

   I waited for your hand.

And when I heard a voice

That voice- that Voice

Choked a writhing, bristling core

Into Submission.

Bouncing freely, was your Voice

Your Tone- your Life filtering the air

With its lively wave.

   I waited for your command.

I have lost it.

I have lost that time-

That methodical, meticulous realm

In which memories were sorted and stored.

The what was- what should- what has yet to come to fruition thrice

I want it back- I will have it back.

   I waited to have you back.

Oh, how the tables have stayed the same

Unwilling, immobile, stationary only

For the man who has everything to gain

And all the world to lose

Left alone, you will choose

Under manipulation, we shall fall.

   I waited for your resolution.

And in the depths of all this- In the crux- In the gallows

All I wanted was you,

A Fatal I had known in a younger year

I had known her by word, by mouth, by reputation

By hand- Yes, I knew that.

I had known.

Now, I’ve lost the childish understanding I garnered through your breast.

I waited to relearn you.

A sickly Anathema I was.

No more shall I remedy the

Lack of your presence in rum and collared silk;

I shall no longer portray, “Let them eat cake!” in its most literal form.

No longer shall my mind roam aimlessly

In your green water’s…I hope.

I have lost control.

You wield forever the

Athena held wavering over my fervor for you.

I wait too long no longer.

I pray to whatever Deity accepts a

Soul under the tutelage of Dionysius

That she comes to me

That she- of her own free will-

Seeks merest my company.

For till she does

I will wait and I will wait and wait

and wait and wait and wait and

Wait till time will wait for me

No More.

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⏰ Last updated: May 22, 2013 ⏰

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