Poetry Notes
to the KyPoetry recording of the poem, All Woman Next to You, written by Kylyra
All Woman Next to YouI watched you as you lay Sleeping in the early eastern light. The urge was so strong I had to fight it down Beat it back To hold you, for just one night How can you keep Sleeping like a child When I'm all woman next to you? I drown in your dominion. As the music pounds my mind, In a room full of people You are all I find When I look up. And the morning after You lay sleeping Like a boy-king Sprawled across your throne. You won't even meet me eyes To offer me a bone to chew on. I could scream till my face is blue; How can you keep Sleeping like a child When I'm all woman next to you? We won't speak Of this, we never do. One more twisted cigarette butt And oh, there's quite a few Under the carpet this morning. How can you keep Sleeping like a child When I'm all woman next to you? |
This poem focuses on a woman's unrequited love. The structure is built loosely on a lyrical pattern; the repeated refrain: How can you keep Sleeping like a child When I'm all woman next to you? acts almost as a chorus would in a song. I played with an off-metre rhyming scheme in the stanzas to reinforce this lyrical feeling. |
