The Nurse Who Loved Me
Nothing can banish the fear I feel
Every time you come too close
But you smell like sex and beer
And that's a scent I've come to know.
I wish that I could show you
What you mean to me
But you wouldn't know it if I tried
'Cause you're too drunk to see.
I would love to kiss you
Just to see how you would taste
But I think the answer is evident now
For your lips are not so chaste.
And I would feel your loving embrace
Around my trembling form
But you almost certainly wouldn't sense me
For your head is raging like a storm.
When exhaustion overwhelms you
I help you to your bed
And help you strip and find a shirt
That doesn't conflict with the red.
You slump onto the silky sheets
And I pull them to your chin
Watching you slip into the world
Where demons live within.
Weary from my efforts
I collapse onto the couch
Thoughts flying through my mind
Words for which I cannot vouch.
The thoughts of you overpower me
But I am too weak to think
And I slip into my own small world
Where in fear I slowly sink.
I thought the world could use another one of my poems. It's surprisingly hard to write a poem that rhymes, if you didn't know. I'm really not pleased with the end, however. It, like...doesn't tie up, or something. I don't know. Maybe you reviewer people might have a few suggestions?
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The title of this poem is the name of a song...can you guess who sings it? Just a little test...we'll see if anyone knows, shall we?
