Love Poem To a Girl From Pomona
"LOVE POEM TO A GIRL FROM POMONA"
15 years ago I met a girl
from Pomona.
I was a man, she was a kid,
and the colors from those
intersection lights were
green, yellow and red.
my music from my ride played
loud and she tucked herself
in at night.
23 to 16, I placed all bets.
there were a few others
before her but none stuck
around.
I sit here, smoking and
drinking, listening to Gould.
the girl from Pomona won that
year and life hadn’t gotten
to her.
looking back, it was the
very thing that made me love
her, it was the very thing
that separated us, it is the
very thing that has reunited
us.
I gave the girl from Pomona
my greatest accomplishment:
my ability to choose to love.
I took a bow and stepped back
behind the curtain.
the girl from Pomona is all
grown up.
the girl from Pomona, with
two kids after a split from
the very thing that caused
our split, stands to enter
the world again.
here I sit, that young man
who risked his freedom to
love you.
you took some of my best love
and tears from me all those
years ago.
you returned them 8 months
ago.
35 to 28, I place my bets
again.
the lights at every
intersection are still there
but they no longer carry
their meaning.
we can GO after our love.
we can SLOW DOWN the
apprehension.
we can STOP our pain.
to the girl from Pomona,
we’ve gotten another green
light.
let’s take off, let’s hit the gas.
I promise, I’ll put more than
5 bucks in.
By: Chicano Eddie
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