and if the world was square I would have already been at your doorstep
crazy as that may sound
perception is the key,
to understanding circumstance as truth comes from within …
we dance around the mistletoe and run when lightning strikes
once in a lifetime or was that only once
if we bare our souls and relent not,
previous damaged goods, we fall between the cracks
and leave that stain of someone's past
though they haven't walked by our side
we pull them forward, ghosts and all
it's a circus now and far too crowded
is all I feel and don't want to know
the how or why ...
I will tumble down when this flesh falls free
and soar to heights unknown or only vaguely seen
in a mystery of dreams,
that may never come to be ...
if I could have had you
might we have feasted at that banquet by now?
and yet, I stand on the other side as always, looking in
this glass is sharp and razor dull
my heart stopped years ago,
tho' true love never dies …
(ajs.11/06/2007)
13 comments:
Posted by: magpie1
I love this, it really represents the slightly crazy response to
infatuation or unfinished business! It also speaks to me of a feeling
of displacement and uncertainty, something I'm familiar with!
And the first line is one of my favourite lines from everything I've
read on this site.
Good work!
Posted by: alisajs
Thank you for your most insightful comments. I appreciate you and your
time. Will be by soon. alisa ;-)
Posted by: alleycat
Oh I really liked this one. It speaks to what could have been, but
never was.
Posted by: jodi1982
This is so beautifully written. Well done.
Posted by: lunar
i like the flow-full of passion
Posted by: dawn
I don't think the abbreviated "though/'tho" is necessary at
the end but other than that, it is an interesting poem and it made me
feel privy to your emotions with nice imagery at times. one or two
abstractions in there which I didn't quite get but it is often so when
someone is speaking from the heart.
Good for you!!
Posted by: alisajs
Thank you all for your kind sentiment. I will be by soon....
This one is about the endless emotional frustration that happens when
one person is sincere and the other is only playing games. The one
who is sincere keeps hoping against hope, the other one oblivious as
he or she never really cared that much to begin with..
.aloha ;-)
Posted by: alisajs
p.s.
Additionally, there are always the romantic ghosts of those who came
before you, lingering around the psyche...and those who have left
scars tend to manifest in the current situations....
Posted by: LiveFast
I can relate to this poem. You can really feel the emotion in the
poem, which I always enjoy. Good job!
Posted by: alisajs
Thank you =)
Posted by: jc
Sometimes we believe what we have to offer is enough for both and it
unfortunately never is.
Posted by: Jack123
Seemed very complex-some terms like razor dull
didn't quite come across as implied--interesting
piece
Posted by: alisajs
Thank you all again for your comments and time.
I will be by soon...
alisa ;-)
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