1/14/11

Exactly
By Colin Gilbert


The first time I looked beauty in the eyes,
I wanted to pluck them out
and wear them on a necklace

to all the finest parties.

I wanted to be that gorgeous.



During our first date,
I wanted to hold your hand so bad
I almost cut mine off
and threw it at you

to see if you would catch it.


When you said, I love you,
I blushed like a star. I now
understand the emotion of a plane
at dark – to be so big
and feel so small.


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Colin Gilbert is the current Editor of Lamplighter Review and, in addition to winning the 2006 Chicago State University Hughes, Diop, Knight Literary Award, has poems appearing in recent or upcoming editions of Pedestal Magazine, Matrix, Gloom Cupboard, Mobius and Cantaraville. All of these poems were fueled by Dr. Pepper and late nights.