It is week 3 of Arlee Bird's A to Z Challenge. I will continue my theme of poetry by posting a poem a day. Hope you come back and check them out!
Other People's Problems (as appeared on madswirl)
Written by Tyler Gobble
I am down with OPP:
bring me your problems
people, I am here
for you, I am here.
Dead mother? yes
Cheating lover? yes
Public intoxication arrest?
yes yes yes. See, I am only
me when I am with you
telling me your problems.
These are the reasons why:
One, I think I love you.
Two, you have this power
over me, as a result
of my deep infatuation
with people like you: human beings.
They have this complicated ball
inside them, like a dust cloud
of nagging hope.
Three, I’ve never been good with
empty space.
Let me help you help me help you.
There is peace somewhere
between us. If we touch each other
I know we can find it.
I think it is very kind of this writer to want to deal with other peoples problems or at least offer a little bit of comfort. I would probably stop listening after a while, if I were in his shoes.
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