Winter's First Night

I know if I was coming home to you

The ice and snow wouldn’t feel so cold.

If I was met with your smile at the door

I wouldn’t have to deal with the pain

Of thinking about you with somebody else.

The snow falls into my eyes as I try to walk,

I stagger blindly by night trying to find you—

You’re by the fireplace as he keeps you warm.

I dream of being in his place, to have his voice;

But instead I return to where the lights are dim

And memories are the firewood beneath my heart.

Winter brings deathly laughter and a foreign world,

You’re gone awry in my mind and I can’t forget

The lingering moments that meant so much to me.

I can’t stop thinking about you—there is ice all around;

I hope on this night you stay warm.

      DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com

Fear

Our shoulders brush in crowded corridors,

You pass through me like an apparition.

I struggle in believing that you’re real.

You live your life far away from here,

On the far side of a glass wall dividing us.

Someday soon today will be lost—fade away

And I will be looking back at the story told,

Looking at moments oddly engraved.

At the end of it all I wonder where you’ll be,

For your story is almost written

And I am growing bitter and afraid.

       DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com

Walk Away

When I try to speak to her my words run dry,

She ties my tongue and snaps it like a rubber band.

Her face lingers deeply within my mind’s eye—

Her voice lingers in my ears even as she walks away.

She could hold my heart in her hand

And squeeze to her desire.

She fills me with delusion 

Even as she leaves here.

Her eyes sparkle as she smiles,

Drawing her hands astray.

And before the night is done

She will be gone again.

She’s the face that carries away life’s regret

The echoing voice in the catacombs of my mind.

Life is short: although she might not know it yet,

Her voice lingers in my ears even after she walks away.

      DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com

Far Away

Clearly we are not from the same world,

And perhaps we will never truly meet

The way I imagine in my dreams.

We will grow apart until the sun burns out,

Remain distant until the end of time.

Hearing who you are burns my ears

And I can’t listen to where you’ve been.

I will never believe the slander I am told;

I will take my hope to the grave.

Your world doesn’t serve me well,

I get lost quicker than you know.

I just want to be the one that says goodnight,

I want to leave these lovestruck nights behind.

       DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com

Miscommunication

Somewhere along the way I was left behind,

Left with a mouthful of words that disappeared—

They stuck on my tongue as I swallowed hard,

They tasted bitter when mixed with silly thoughts.

I tried to walk away but found myself lost,

The streets themselves were painted black.

I returned with the intention of serenading you

With the verses written on the back of my hand

But I took one look in your eyes and lost my voice.

My heart grew heavy as I kept my mind empty,

I looked to the sky in hopes of consolation

But there was just one star shining faintly,

And he looked so lonely.

I felt akin to his regret.

       DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com

My Heartbreak

I once fell for the most beautiful girl,

But I didn’t know how to talk to her—

My words didn’t seem to want to unfurl,

Not even when my heart began to stir.

She slipped away not knowing how I felt,

I still can’t figure out what’s wrong with me,

Caught in silence as she makes my heart melt—

I fail to believe it’s not meant to be.

      DannYetman

www.yetmanpoetry.blogspot.com