Invisible Strings - 52. "Since You Can't Spell Disaster Without Desire" by Christopher Salerno

"Since You Can't Spell Disaster Without Desire" by Christopher Salerno

I read this poem last night and thought "Lover." But I'd already chosen it for an earlier poem, so I decided to sleep on this one.

During today's read of the poem, "Sweet Nothings" came to mind, not because of any obvious word choice or images, but because of the message of each. Also, maybe because my brain had been thinking about it all night and day 😉

The song:

They said the end is comin', everyone's up to somethin'

I find myself runnin' home to your sweet nothings

Outside, they're push and shovin', you're in the kitchen hummin'

All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin'

The poem:

Leaving the theater, they will pop

the metal exit door and orient to how

the parking lot light bathes the blacktop

at yet another dusk, how the chill of evening 

 

has inspired the ornamental cherry

tree to drop its bulk of blossoms all

in a pile on their windshield. This is not

a real problem, they will say pushing

the petals away. This is what I was waiting for.

Maybe even more than Taylor's songs, those final three lines of the poem really touch me and nearly bring a tear to my eye. It's such a beautiful description of love.