Claim me
Claim me
You're not ready for labels
and I'm not sure they'd stick on me anyway
But I ask you
Claim me
Claim me
with pride and humility
until the very air I breathe is so full of
you
that for a moment there's nothing left of
me
then with your hands
pull the ecstasy of rebirth onto my skin
allow it to seep into the core of me
so I may carry us forever in my bones
Claim me
beyond reason
lead me onto a path
where questions of
where we're going, and
what we might become
evaporate
Claim me
until I surrender myself on your doorstep
wrapped in nothing but sheer trust
my truest form
exposed
My vails lifted
revealing the melody of
our shared dreaming
Claim me
So that we may know what it is
to live without doubt
So that I may finally know
what it feels like to belong
to something
other than
moonlit nights
windy beaches, and
oceanic horizons
No, I don't need a label
I'm not an item on your shopping list
But I want you to claim me
as if I was the very life in your lungs
About this poem
I wrote this poem when I was dating someone who wasn't ready to be in a relationship. This poem was a way for me to explain the complexities of what I was wanting and needing. It's about freedom and belonging
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Written on May 25, 2023
Submitted by sophiakalika on March 20, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 993 |
Words | 216 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 10, 7, 8, 10, 4 |
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