POEM STARTER
Submitted by Karman
Write a poem about the protagonist getting something off of their chest.
The Taker
Take him!
Take him from my dreams!
Take him from my schemes!
Take him from my mind!
Take him from the time that I once felt alive—
when he took me back across timelines and eras
when my soul was on fire and my stanzas were clever
when we made love out of words and bodies and minds
when we travelled through air, space and time
to find one another,
delve into each other,
ignite a great fire of mutual pleasure
when all of our hopes and wishes and sights
were exponentially growing and forming with might…
— might we actually pull it off ?
— might we actually be the promised ones?
— might it all come together as we’d come together
…. as we’d come
…. we’d come
…. we’d come
… undone.
He’s gone.
Taken.