in depth look at poem: This poem is a poem that I wrote when I thought about how lucky I was that she talked to me. I guess I am not exactly mr. confident in myself.


a lovely woman

why such a lovely woman could
want to even talk to someone like me
is beyond me, I just can't see
what it is about me that she even would?
or is it something that she thinks she should
for someone who is really depressed like me?
is it something casual, like drinking tea?

I guess I'll just talk to you, because you're so good
you make me feel so much more alive
you take away my deepest wound
you bring light to my night, like the moon.
without you I couldn't even survive.
I'm so glad that that you are here
to take away all of my fear.

-Jon Johnston


© Copyright 1997 Jonathan Johnston


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