Gina Holsopple

Love Letter

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a little star fell down just an hour before midnight
i closed my eyes as it went out
held my breath and took my swan dive
and the surface got deeper
and the deeper came closer
and the sounds i heard were different
than the noises that the most heard
so take this space and write me a love letter
take my hands and tell me stories
of the lands we travel to
take my eyes i want to see you
take my mind i want to be with you
for a moment
a sunday evening drive
the falcon flies outside my window
a month too long inside
and just a word from you and we’ll go
to a distance that gets nearer
when the nearer moves over
so take this space and write me a love letter…
i get so tired trying to hold these ends together
trying to keep this stride while i wait for clearer weather
so take this space and write me a love letter…

Drop of Water

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you started throwing rocks but you missed my chest
and still I don’t breath so well
and the business of believing the daily press is getting
harder and harder to sell
I want no more pretty pictures
spare me the lectures
it’s not quite what you think
and I am ready for the punch line
isn’t it about time
you say the joke is not on me
I am a drop of water waiting,
poised to take her nosedive
here at the end of my journey from the ground
feeling alive, headed down
maybe someday we’ll meet over a cup of coffee
I’ll say, “Man, that was hell.”
you’ll say, “My darling, I’ve missed you.”
you’ll lean in to kiss me
I’ll say, “I’ve been waiting forever to tell you
I am…”
they say the war is over, except for the fighting
like the book is finished, except for the writing
I am content, but I am restless
I am walking a very fine line
and I have been fighting to clean up the messes
of what’s been left behind
I find a bit of poetry in everything that I see
now it’s three A.M. and I am headed home
after a long time gone
I am…
she told her prince she’d be waiting
so he could get her
but princes, they rarely come
so she sat there for hours deliberating
and then she moved on
I am content but I am restless
I am…