MICHAEL JOE by Amanda THIS IS A POEM ABOUT A MAN I CAME TO KNOW, WHOSE NAME WAS MICHAEL JOE HE WAS BRIGHT, SMART, AND FUNNY, I NEVER KNEW THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD BECOME MY HONEY HE GOT ME EXCITED WITH THE LOVE WE WERE MAKIN’ IT NEVER SANK IN THAT HE WAS TAKEN SO THERE I WAS AWAKE AT 3 AM THINKING , HOW DID I GET MYSELF INTO THIS JAM? I LONGED FOR HIS LOVE AND AFFECTION, BUT SOMEONE ELSE HAD HIS DEDICATION I TOLD MYSELF I WOULD BE THE ONE, THE HARDER YOU FIGHT IT WILL BE DONE I HUNG AROUND AND BEGGED LIKE A BABY, FOR I KNEW HE WAS THE ONE, I WAS READY THEN ONE DAY HE CAME TO ME AND PROVED THAT SHE WAS HISTORY A VICTORY THAT COULD BRING ME A LIFETIME OF HAPPINESS, AND NOT ONE SINGLE OUNCE OF SADNESS I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IS THIS RIGHT , DO I DESERVE TO HAVE HIM IN THE NIGHT THEN I KNEW THAT HE IS WHAT I DESERVE, ALL THE YEARS OF HURT AND PAIN ARE LYING BY THE CURB I LOVE HIM MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF, I LOVE HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE HE IS MY FRIEND, HE IS MY LOVER, WE ARE MEANT FOR ONE ANOTHER I WILL DO EVERY THING FOR HIM IN MY POWER, TO KEEP HIS LIFE FROM EVERY BEING SOUR I CAN SEE WHAT LIES AHEAD IN OUR FUTURE, LIKE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER MAYBE IF HE IS READY SOMEDAY WE CAN TRY FOR A DAUGHTER SO NOW ALL I CAN DO IS WAIT AROUND AND PRAY, HOPING THAT HE WILL CHOOSE ME TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, UNTIL HIS FINAL DAY Back to Poetry Index