Tumblr (3.0; @unconventionalshe)http://unconventionalshe.tumblr.com/<p><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"><strong><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"><strong><strong>driftwood&#8230;</strong> <hr size="1"></strong></span></strong>Weathered by the elements his beauty is unspeakable</span></p> <br/>those rugged planes of character endured the blues of living<br/>Hollowed and withered by the sands of time<br/>Appearing to be light as the breeze just as it is<br/>When the current breaks the shore<br/>There you sit peacefully, quietly, thinking <br/>About everything or maybe nothing at all…<br/><br/>How foolish of me to think you knew no strength<br/>Son of sea, you were created <br/>In the womb of the ocean and <br/>Carried away parts of her that are now<br/>Permanently etched in your body<br/>And ingrained in your psyche… you<br/>Son of sea know no weakness<br/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcm1saYbZw1qev3os.jpg"/><br/>While others searched for all the pretty things<br/>Misguided and naive I took you home with me<br/>My beloved, how distinguished you were<br/>I admired your unique antique qualities<br/>The complexities of your simplistic circular variations<br/>Your voice melodic and charming to the ear <br/>Speaking the love of Gibran<br/><br/>Love, you say he says, gives naught but itself.<br/><br/>I say, “Smh.” But reluctantly I agreed<br/>Better yet… YOU agreed to just be in the moment<br/>And while I waited&#8230; I polished you<br/>Took great care to preserve your essence<br/>Soon the current of circumstance carried you <br/>From my admiration to my heart to my bed<br/>There you lay with me every night<br/><br/>When your abrasiveness rubbed me raw<br/>I dismissed it as exfoliation<br/>When your splinters punctured my skin<br/>I claimed it as growing pains<br/>So ingrained in my genetic makeup that I <br/>Became more Georgia pine than Georgia peach<br/>You invaded my body, took my strength<br/><br/>You decided my body was your ebb<br/>Your positive pulse of pleasure that<br/>Carried me into inexistence, discarding me<br/>As just another piece of driftwood<br/>Sitting in the same place as where I found you<br/>Consistently withered and worn from the tide<br/>Drifting like all the other wood; nothing separates us.<br/><br/>We’re all the same: ugly and uniform, dull and denied<br/><p>Waiting in vain for someone to see us, see me, the way I saw you</p>http://unconventionalshe.tumblr.com/post/1717430372http://unconventionalshe.tumblr.com/post/1717430372Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:57:31 -0500