Out of the blue pieces of you flutter through my thoughts
Like fibers from a silk scarf I once had
Tattered and wispy
I grasp at them, tuck them in a pouch
They feel familiar, and I recognize them
I save them because I know they're mine
And I remember how it used to be
When it was brand new, when it felt like home
Before it became nothing
But wispy bits of silk fluttering in and out of my consciousness
Before the day I had your dust on my fingers, the weight of you in my hands
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Waooooo this show vanity of life. I really like it
Lovy poem C
This is one of the most beautiful poems about a lost love I ever read. Love that last line!
Good Evening Clarissa ~ Welcome to MPS. It is a proactive site and it functions by reading & commenting on each others Poems ~ OK.
Brian here (I share this site with My Wife Angela). We met three years ago when I was 33 & Angela 28.
Your elegant Poem echoes previous liaisons we both had which started positively but expired. As a Man my Mantra was *Better to have loved & lost ~ than never to have loved at all* That attitude is more difficult for a Lady because Your commitment in Love - seems to me - to always be greater than the Male ? However echoes of our past loves ~ still flutter in our minds like *Whisps of Silk* Thanks for sharing ~ more please !
Blessings & Peace & Joy
Yours Brian & Angela 💛💛💛
Yes the last line is haunting... I recall spreading the ashes of a dear friend... literally had that dust on my fingers, and one is shocked by the density, the dead weight, of the ashes of a cremated person. Thank you for the image. I have no idea if it was literal for you or figurative. Not sure it matters...
That is exactly what the last line is about. I wasn’t prepared for the heaviness and density of the ashes. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I'll always treasure this line:
Before it became nothing
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