The Thing Is
︎︎︎ Lora Mathis
︎ FEB 22, 2022
You read some poets’ words and think
No one has ever understood me like this
They must be my soulmate !
A genius! They really understand!
Then you get into a room with them
Where they’re sitting wearing an old sweatshirt
With a tomato stain down the front of it
What do we expect from these people
They stare at the sky for an hour only to run home whispering,
I was a cloud I was a cloud
Until I melted away
No one has ever understood me like this
They must be my soulmate !
A genius! They really understand!
Then you get into a room with them
Where they’re sitting wearing an old sweatshirt
With a tomato stain down the front of it
What do we expect from these people
They stare at the sky for an hour only to run home whispering,
I was a cloud I was a cloud
Until I melted away
Lora Mathis is a poet, artist, and student living in Oakland, by way of San Diego. @lora__mathis
Also by Lora: The Snakes Came Back