Saudade Pop
Missed Connections in Santa Fe
Saudade Pop
You loved me full with no walls & I repaid you
A bull in your china shop
Love > emotional jungle gym I’m sorry
I was quick to back out of meeting you there
I had to throw the kitchen sink at you to defend my weak spots
You were formidable
The fact that you shouldn’t have taken it is so small next to my regret for hurting you
Playing dirty
Anonymity makes me able to say how sorry I am without the possibility of being near you
I can not trust myself to handle you gently,
Let my softness for you come out as a cutting knife again
But know that I want to
Love you freely without hooks and needles
I imagine you with sun on your face
and me far from your thoughts
One Year Ago: Lovelorn Poet in Brooklyn, NY: Last Night’s Flying Dream
Her Two Cents from the Missed Connections Chief Bottle-Finder:
Just as people choose to air their hopes, desires, and infatuations through anonymous messages, so are the people who offer up their apologies, regrets and misgivings. Acknowledging our shortcomings to the blank faces of the Internet is certainly a step in the right direction, but I don’t think it can be put on the same level as telling the person we’ve hurt. Bravely move forward, poet!
