old writing assignment

i found this in my closet the other day. i took a creative writing class my senior year of high school. for one of our assignments, we each had to write down an emotion or feeling on one piece of paper and a noun on another. then we passed one paper to our left and one to our right. we then wrote poems based on the papers we received.

the emotion i received was "hate" and the noun i received was "boyfriend". well, this was about 5 weeks after i had amnesia, and keat and i were no longer together at that time (on good terms, just too much going on in each of our lives at the time!). i had been seeing another guy for a couple of dates, but i didn't know where we were. i wasn't that into him and he definitely wasn't my "boyfriend". so i figured i'd use keaton for my "boyfriend" subject.

babe, please know that i NEVER felt this emotion towards you! it was just an assigment! and i definitely understand why we broke up, i never ever hated you or resented you for it. i was just writing.

when i came across this i was amazed how my writing has changed since then. i wrote this in november 2005. enjoy this blast from the past ....


why
by kara busby

dance with me, i say
and you say no

i love everything about you
i love the sparkle of your crystal blue eyes
i love the brightness of your smile
and the firmness of your jaw
i love the hair cropped close around your ears
i love the glasses you sometimes wear
and the dimples in each of your cheeks
i love everything about you

so why do i hate you?

i love everything about you
i love the way you move to the music
i love the passion you have for movies and rock
and the infinite knowledge you have of each
i love the way you tap the steering wheel
i love the way you love to live
and the feeling i have when i am with you
i love everything about you

so why do i hate you?

i love everything about you
i love the way your jeans fit you
i love the way red makes your hair look sexy
and blue makes your eyes even brighter
i love the way your arms look in a t-shirt
i love the way you wear a beanie
and a baseball cap and anything at all
i love everything about you

so why do i hate you?

i loved everything about you
i loved the way you used to hold my hand
i loved the way you would kiss my lips
and let your warm hand linger on my neck
i loved the way we would ride in your truck
i loved the way the wind would blow in through the windows
and you would always laugh out loud
i loved everything about you

so why do i hate you?

i hate you because you left me
i hate you because you rocked my world one time
i hate you because you are no longer here
to hold me, to kiss me, to keep me safe
and i hate you
because

dance with me, i said
and you said no