I know you like a mother knows her child
I know you like a lion knows the wild
I know you like green peppers know they’re mild
I know you
Just like I know the back of my hand
And, I need you
I know you like the blossoms know its spring
I know you like royalty knows a king
I know you like Kate Nash knows how to sing
I know you
Nearly as much as you know me,
You were meant to be, with me
Because you see
I need you
I need you like an arrow needs a bow
I need you like all flowers need to grow
I need you like a strong wind needs to blow
I need you
Almost as much as I need food
Or when I’m in a bad mood, I turn to you
And it’s because I love you
I need you like a padlock needs a key
I need you like biscuits and cake need tea
I need you like a bird needs to be free
To soar and glide through the sky
Not stopping till it gets way high
I need you
Simply because I love you
I love you like a toddler loves to play
I love you like blue cheese loves to decay
I love you like my mum loves a buffet
I love you
And it’s true
I cannot live my life without you
I love you like a bat loves the night-time
I love you like a snail loves to leave slime
I love you like all thieves and thugs love crime
I love you
And the best part of it is
You know, need, and love me too.
sorry for being a few minutes late
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Aww Grace I love it!
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You're so talented!
xx
Like eternity.forever, you, too, have grasped the challenge of finding your own structure, and come up with something really rather clever as a result. The way the second stanza is foreshadowed in the first, and the third in the second - is quite brilliant. And - as I told eternity.forever to try with hers - you also manage to work towards a powerful conclusion/climax, thereby making your poem truly complete. Well done! Yet again, scarlet-kyuubi aims to impress...
ReplyDeleteAs for the similes, the odd cliche, perhaps ("like a mother knows her child"), but otherwise fun, fresh and full of inventiveness. I particularly like:
"like an arrow needs a bow"
" a padlock needs a key"
and, my favourite of all, "like blue cheese loves to decay" :)
Not sure about "way high" though; "buffet" is trochaic, and that line needs an iamb there; and, finally, who is Kate Nash???