When I’m suffering you are comfort When I’m gross you are delicate When I’m angry you defuse When I falsely accept you refuse When I’m tired you are energy When I’m stupid you think for me When I’m injured you like to treat When I’m messy you are neat When I’m hard metal you are gossamer soft When I’m the basement you are the loft When I’m cold you wrap around When I’m noisy you make no sound When I’m down you cheer me up When I’m timid you play rough When my boat is sinking you bail me out When my voice is weak I hear you shout When I’m dull you are sharp When I’m empty you fill my heart When I fight you patch my wounds When I’m near reefs you take sounds When I’m defenceless you fortify When I am passive you defy When I make sense you mark my words When I don’t you shoot barbs When I sketch you paint our world When I'm straight you are curled When I’m at bottom you are the tops When I am crime you call the cops When I’m sweet you are sour as lemon When I’m sour you are sweet as heaven When there's rocks in my head you are sphagnum moss When I am matt finish you are gloss When I’m woodwork you are craft When we struggle you find a raft "You complete me" seanmathews.blog strathbogie poetry #strathbogiepoetry
“You complete me” from Jerry Maguire1966, is my chosen quote to write to for this week’s d’verse prompt. Mish challenged d’verse poets to select a movie quote and incorporate it into a poem. https://dversepoets.com/2021/05/25/poetics-go-ahead-make-my-day/
Kudos for including ‘sphagnum moss’ in a love poem! I remember it well from the Lake District. Robbed me of my boots once…
LikeLiked by 3 people
So soft and rich and yes, sometimes deep.
LikeLiked by 1 person
👌
LikeLike
I love this, the rhyme, the list… telling the reasons… and how often those opposites match up perfectly.
LikeLike
Thanks Bjorn.
LikeLike
I enjoyed all your comparisons here, particularly: when I’m at bottom, you are the tops / when I am crime you call the cops 😀
LikeLike
We all need someone to look out for us.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sounds like a perfect match….
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s terrific, one of your best! Iola
>
LikeLike
Thank you.
LikeLike
This was really nice. All of those comparisons are fun, and sphagnum moss was definitely surprising. A couple of the lines reminded me of Cole Porter’s “You’re the Top.”
LikeLiked by 1 person