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A wanted friend

Poem By: Kinkyboots
Poetry


This is about my best friend, and my worst! View table of contents...

 

Submitted: May 8, 2008    Reads: 93    Comments: 10    Likes: 6   


Here you sit
My old friend
Apologies – none
Promises – aplenty
Do you remember that punch in my stomach?
Your hands around neck,
That stab in my back
Or that spear in my heart?
You’re a wanted bully
I desire your touch
But there’s never a more selfish friend
Than my dear friend, Love


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Comments:

HA! I didn't get it till the punch line! Very cleaver. I thought it was about an actual person at first, and it threw me. Great job!

Posted: May 8, 2008

Author Comment:

Yay, good! I was hoping to do that, I'm glad it worked. :) Thanks for reading it. I realise all my poems have been of a similar topic so I might try a lighter poem next time! ~ KB

Now....Er....well....nope there is NOTHING that justifies how accurately and bang on the money you nailed this.

Love the way you keep us guessing who you could be talking about then wallop us with the friend all of us have met at one time or another!

Posted: May 8, 2008

Author Comment:

Wow, thanks! Sometimes your comments are so overwhelming! :) Hmm, I think love can be selfish but it's a great friend if it sticks around. I'd so pleased it works, I wasn't sure if it would! Thanks Jak! ~ KB

Ho! Very nice! I loved the bam! at the end. Great job!

Posted: May 8, 2008

Author Comment:

Hey Buttercup, thanks very much for that! I'm glad you got the bam! ;) ~ KB

Dangit, I always have to read your poems twice to appreciate them! Just great! I'm imagining someone stabbing you and beating you down and then it's some 'stupid' thing like 'love' *pretends to rolls eyes but really smiling*

Posted: May 8, 2008

Author Comment:

Ahh! That would seriously hurt, not to mention look ugly! Haha. It really is a stupid thing - love, but ya know, I just like the company when I can afford it. I'm such a sucker, really! Thanks for Reading Emily (promise to find a moment to catch up with the novel). ~ KB

ouu, perfect ending, haha. didn't see that comming. I love the irony in the poem, how it hurts you yet you want it. Very good my lovely! Keep it up!
Steph:)

Posted: May 9, 2008

Author Comment:

Yeah, you just can't help but want it, that was exactly my intention. :) Thanks again Steph! ~ KB

kb great poem. the ending was not what i thought it would be but it was great. The things love does to us, but we never want to be without it.
take care
snow x

Posted: May 9, 2008

Author Comment:

Exactly, you hit the marker there! Thanks Snow, I really appreciate you stopping by! ~ KB

Love it!! You did this amazingly! I thought you were talking about a person until i got to the end! Great job!

Posted: May 10, 2008

Author Comment:

I'm so pleased it fooled you! LOL Thanks so much for reading, I really appreciate it. ~ KB

hello, yes i really liked this poem, some great metaphors for that age old bully who just wont leave us alone. I love the line wanted bully, a great play on words, how we can desire something that can bring pain (and of course happiness) The first time I read Shakespeare’s sonnets I fell in love with the brutality of love. How could someone make pain sound so beautiful? I think Shakespeare wrote the dictionary to all our lives. But im moving away from your poem, or maybe it reminds me of Will…this is the greatest compliment I could write about your poem. Yes it is wonderful writing!!!

Posted: May 12, 2008

Author Comment:

Wow, that's is a hell of a compliment, it's a high standard to live up to. I have read the Sonnets but not for a while. Sometimes I imagine love to be a person, like cupid accidentally shooting arrows at the wrong people. Ultimately i think love comes without reason, without cause or question, and that can lead to unrequited, and pain. Thanks for reading Matthew, really appreciate the compliment! ~ KB

I love this poem... it's such a great representation of love/hate relationships. Great twist at the end too! It was done fantastically! Keep it coming, KB!!

Posted: May 12, 2008

Author Comment:

Hey Jacobella! Thank you for that, it's the perfect compliment and I really appreciate it! :) ~ KB

Great poem , and Love it is a friend that sometimes it was better keep himself away from us , but for a little time !

Posted: May 15, 2008

Author Comment:

Too true Jbortti, sometimes its good to keep distance and sometimes its just too hard. Thanks for reading! ~ Nixie



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