ALL I ASK IN RETURN
Like the Leaning Tower of Pisa,
I feel off -- something isn’t right -- my heart aches and my soul is deprived.
People keep looking at me with their heads crooked, as if I am leaning and about to fall.
At times I am king of the world.
Yet, when I ask myself, how are you, a negative response arrives.
But, why?
People like me, people say I’m attractive, I have friends,
but I don’t have a lover. Not a sexual lover but one who loves me.
For they love to talk with me. To discuss life. To hear my issues and my complaints.
I want somebody who’s willing to bare the weight of my head upon their shoulder. For I am unhappy.
I’ve realized I’m searching for this person, in the wrong place.
I’ve tried at parties, but that isn’t me. That is me fitting in. That isn’t me being me. That is me being socially accepted by those around me who don’t even know, my name.
Why do I care about them? What attaches me, my soul, and my desires to them?
Who are these people?
I feel as if my heart has been ripped out, yet nothing specific did this! My soul desires to listen to you, your complaints, your achievements.
All I ask in return,
is for you
to do the same for me.
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Get your signed copy of 51 Poems For Humankind To Think About. Dalton Johnson's first book of poetry. These 51 poems are his critique of American hustle culture told from the perspective of a young man returning to the world after years of living off the grid on less than $500 a month.
These poems capture the internal battle of consumerism, American greed, humans loss of connection with the natural world, and pokes fun at some of the absurd cultural norms of adulting. Each poem touches on different parts of American's superficial society in hopes of promoting the change from group thought to individuality. For it is at the individual level Johnson belives you unlock your true self.
As you read these poems take some time to think about what stirs inside of yourself to find where you can change and grow into the human you want to be today and tomorrow.
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