by pattikeno
this person
in the mirror
it is not me
I am not she
i am not her
I can’t be
i don’t feel
grown up
i’m just a
child
playing make
believe
it’s not me
in there
I’m not that
girl
with tiny eyes
and plain brown
hair
those wrinkles
they aren’t
mine
they can’t be
because I am
not her
and she
is not
me
12/10/14
pik
©Patti Keno
New Poetry
by pattikeno
can’t you see
i feel
what you feel
i ache
how you ache
it’s who
i am
i am an
echo
i repeat back
every thought
every feeling
every
lie
my heart beats
singularly
alone
but my feelings
are not
my own
all i am
is an
echo
of all
that
you
are
–
–
1/5/15
pik
©Patti Keno
New Poetry
by pattikeno

splashing in
shoving off
all these things
we love:
tree
car
boat
–
shoving off
swimming in
all these things
we love:
sun
bird
turtle
–
take me in
take me in
heat stroke saps
my strength
–
splash me off
and shove me
in
water saves
my life
–
all these things
we love:
tree bird boat
sun car turtle
all these things
we love!
1/9/15
pik
To: Amie
©Patti Keno
New Poetry
by pattikeno
snow falling
flakes fill the air
I watch from my window
and think of you
I am frozen with
remorse
I am frozen with
regret
how is it
that something
as innocent as snow
can fill me with
such pain
I laugh at your
past suggestion
from a warm weather mind
To hose the snow
from off
my car
how long now?
10 years
15?
I miss you
Imissyou
I
Miss
You
1/4/15
pik
©Patti Keno
New Poetry the disappearing boy
by pattikeno
this pain
this fear
–
irrational, I know
–
it breaks me
in two
and rends
me
leaves me
vulnerable
and
aching
–
irrational, I know
–
but I am
helpless
in it’s grasp
it fills
me with
self doubt
and
self loathing
–
irrational, I know
–
but there is
nothing
I
can do
–
irrational, I know
–
1/8/15
pik
©Patti Keno
New Poetry