by Strangers with Pizza boxes.
I hope you like this. Read, comment, enjoy, and smile! :)
If you look carefully
when walking on a busy street,
you’ll see rainbow kite strings around the neck
of every stranger.
Tales of broken reds,
ribbons of blue,
poems of brown eyes,
micro-tales of turquoise skies
and a thousand more colorful stories.
But only if you look carefully.
If you do not,
they’ll just be flesh and blood
and you’ll remain flesh and blood too.
Of course, eyes won’t do all the talking,
but do let them start
and then your lips can bring the stories to life.
I’ve tried.
That’s how the Pizza boy became my
Pizza one,
he was just a man in red
with a beautiful smile.
Pizza two,
I saw his eyes
and the wrinkled galaxies his smile caused.
I saw how his shirt was half-tucked in,
very similar to mine
and he had sports shoes on.
Pizza three,
He told me his favorite sport
and I told him I wrote poetry.
Together, we gave football a human story.
The ball that was of no man
and no fields.
The ball that fell in love with the net.
Together, we laughed at the horrible story.
I guess you get the idea.
See, look, converse, connect.
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ah “poems of brown eyes” is such a beautiful line. I might just look stalkerish while trying to figure out what someone’s eyes are trying to communicate :P
I think a little stalkerish is fine if you have the right intentions. Plus, it’s the eyes, so all is good.
You and your poetry makes me happy. :’)
Your comment makes me happy!
Beautiful💜
Thank you!
Every stranger has a story to tell. A beautiful read
Thank you!
My pleasure
Cool insights .👍
:)
Stories of Life & Life full of stories ❤️
I couldn’t put it into better words myself.
🙂 .. such a beautiful expression of life ❤️
Tales of broken red
Ribbon of blues
Poems of brown eyes
Liked this line
Glad you did, beautiful.
Smiled reading this :)
Best thing you could’ve written. Makes me super happy. Thank you!
This is such a meaningful poem coupled with beautiful verses. ❤
Thank you, beautiful!
Beautiful nudge in the right direction. Thank you
Thank you for reading it!
Spot on! Connecting is the thing we so regularly fail to do on a daily basis. Thank you for this thoughtful goad.
Thank you for reading it!
I’m hungry 😂
Haha, me too. :p
very good poem!
Thank you!
It can be amazing how different people can find a connection. Hmm, the world sometimes is smaller than we think.
“Tales of broken reds,
ribbons of blue,
poems of brown eyes,”
This is excellent!! The whole poem is actually pretty meaningful.
Excellent poem, and so well done. Reminded me of the cute and chubby (like me) pizza boy i had for several years before the California fires hit and burnt down his place of business. Haven’t seen him since. I pray he’s okay and has a job elsewhere. Thank you.
I always fall a little bit in love with the characters in your poems. Definitely made me smile and kind of set me up looking for poetry in people’s eyes for the day. Thank you 💕
Ah, wonderful! I worked at a lab at NIH, and we nicknamed the courier, not very nicely, because he’d stand silent. But then our dry erase calendar showed a birthday, not ours.We figured out it was his, gave him a cake, and then he wasn’t silent any more. Turned out he was a history buff and would tell us fascinating history stories…. later he showed up at my door in his Civil War reenactment untiform,,, it took me a little while to place him, in costume out of context!
This is a wonderful thing. I’m glad :)
This holds so much meaning, and paints a really vivid image in the reader’s mind. Beautiful :)
Thank you!
Definitely food for thought for New Yorkers and all city dwellers. Great job!
Thank you!
Beautiful💙
Thank you!
Delightful food for a poet’s tongue! I loved the pizza one, pizza two, pizza three sequence. Needless to say, your descriptions are again a homeless masterpiece.
Really glad to hear that!
‘you’ll see rainbow kite strings around the neck
of every stranger.’
A beautiful way of putting something quite true.
Glad you liked it!
Be kind. You get it. Good work. Good words!
Thank you for reading!
Fun, sweet, and thought provoking. I loved it
Means so much to me.
I love this, it’s so beautiful ❤ I read it again and again and it got better each time
Thank you, beautiful.
colorful eyes u hav
beautiful minded u are
the poem was a good read !!!
made me happie and put a smile on my lips ❤👌
I’m glad I could make you smile. Thank you!