I want you.
Despite all the objections,
inspections, rejections,
imperfections,
my predilection
is you.
.
.
.
Just think all the things the poet could be addressing here. Is the ‘you’ a lover, a baby, a puppy, a great pair of shoes…? 😉 What is your predilection?
Shawn L. Bird 
Wonderfully open-ended 🙂
Thanks, Kevin. 😉
I love open ended makes one imagine and continue this piece:)
Thanks Cheryl-Lynn. I hope you have something to insert in your mind!
You know I may spill my heart on my other blog where I can be more outrageous. Love this, may I treat it as a prompt and tag it back to you?
Of course, Cheryl-Lynn.
I will let you know when it is done…I’m in a writing mode of this and that. Thanks so much!!
Ok so you will see it now but it is too outrageous for his blog…so mums the word on the pseudonym…Happy Canada Day by the way…you still have almost 4 hours to go and we are winding down here:)
Well now you’ve got me *very* curious!
I did a write up of your blog as well because well, it’s Canada Day and you’re Canadian…haha
That was great, thanks very much.
Shoes…definitely shoes.
Wonderful poem. I, too, like the open ended part,
and the rhythm and rhyme.
Thank you. I am with you on the shoes! I think my ‘Fluevog Lust List’ is my most active Pinterest board. lol
Nicely done. In the eye of the beholder 🙂
It is. 😉
Stated succinctly and directly. Engaging. Blessings to you, Shawn…
Thanks.
For me, it is Becoming
With a name like Charissa Grace, how could it be anything else? 😉
Aww…that is really sweet Shawn…ya made my morning! 🙂
Almost Dylanesque. Well done.
Ooooh. Dylanesque!
I like that! 😉
Great piece! Wonderful opportunity to let the imagination run 🙂
Long may it run!
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
SORRY SHAWN….I’D BE TEMPTED IF I WEREN’T TAKEN ALREADY!!! GOOD POETIC WARNING!!!!!!
lol
Thoroughly taken myself. 😉
RATS!!! But excellent expression of an inmost thought. 🙂
lol
my mind! lol
😉
ORT-ORT-ORT!!!!!! :0)
This is amazing! Ha ha shoes 🙂 I love the possibilities and I love that you want the reader to see that.
😉
Wow, short but very cool. 🙂
Thanks Dyanne.
Now if only I could get someone to say that of me.
xxx Massive Hugs Shawn xxx
I’ll bet Reuben says it all the time! 🙂 (or if he can’t say it yet, he means it).
LOOOVEE !!!
Thanks, Megha
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I have lots of shoes but I’m not the Shoeholic that I was when I was younger. Now I’m vibing on the new man in my life. So for me the answer is this fresh romance. Looks like this summer will really sizzling for me!! Woohoo!!
Oh realllllly? 😉
Have fun!
Good Read… : )
Thanks.
I like the shoe idea. I would say chocolate, but I gave it up. 🙂
But dark chocolate is medicinal!
For me, it would be plants 😉
I am not good with plants. I have a few survivors here, but no tendershoots can survive in my world.
Ah but you nurture words so tenderly!
lol They’re much less prone to wilting!
LOL,!
I must say, this poem speaks to me in a very tender way of lovers, fighting to be together regardless if it is right or wrong, good or bad. What a beautiful poem this is!
Thanks Shelby. I’m glad you found a connection.
Such a bird is beautiful, and what it wants is to fly. Bliss will be a kiss, and despite the warnings there will be flight.
Very nice! Thank you, Doug
Provoking!
Interesting word. Full of layers of interpretation (just like this poem).
Free to imagine, to hope, to desire. This was really nice Shawn.
Thanks!
You’re welcome, always!
My true self…my spirit…but it takes time to know such a one…and in this world, people think you’re crazy if you’re not constantly doing something, so sitting still in meditation–taking that time for myself to know my innermost self–this is an outrage. Many many objections to all things that lead me closer to spirit. Thanks for writing. Short and sweet and provocative.
If you have to deal with the needs of a family, the most important thing you can do is to take time to be centred in yourself each day. Moms are pulled in all directions. If they don’t have that daily centring then the entire household will constantly be off-kilter. Don’t ever feel guilty about strengthening the core that allows you to bend without breaking!
Yes, this jets someone out on a fantasy of possibilities…mesmerizing to contemplate…from whatever orientation, even inanimate, your words land expecting almost, a reply. (talking shoes:)? No, really, loved it. Original, succinct, creative.
Thanks, Gary.
The truth.