Still Some Way to Go

Neville

Still Some Way to Go

 

Without ever having known her

all his poetry

would have been such a waste

of well worded time

But then, between you and me,

whoever would have guessed ..

He loved her so much

but was too scared to touch

and so he left her feeling

cheated, empty, broken, defeated

a mere shadow

of her former self, a hollow husk

a poem, uncompleted

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Neville (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 10th, 2023 01:48
  • Comment from author about the poem: this is not a love poem, it's an apology .. an old one mind, yet still holds true ..
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments7

  • orchidee

    A good write N.
    Ahh, all about me and KP! lol.

    • Neville



      .......................... Nope 🙂

    • Fay Slimm.

      An unfinished poem needs a completion and you have scribed an arresting apology for love unspoken
      - --I among others can no doubt relate to being shy or scared when time comes for outing - -- glad to have read this one my friend............x

      • Neville



        I'm glad you read this one Fay although the thought of it, is rather sad isn't it .. x

      • MendedFences27

        Yes, that someone long ago that maybe could have been a muse, and never realizing that the opposite was also true.
        As such, an "incomplete poem," lingers in his mind. Loved this one. - Phil A.

        • Neville



          If I wasn't such a hard man and had my reputation to think of and maintain, I would give you a bloomin big hug Phil .. thank you so much 🙂

        • arqios

          The uncomplete-d sits there and can be returned to but that isn't always the easiest feat to accomplish. But Time it has been said is a great healer and when that time comes around a reconciliation restores and even lets soar. I pray for that for every uncomplete poem and every poet that they correspond to.

          • Neville



            that summative sentence of yours CB reads like a poem and is music to my ears sir .. 🙂

          • Christina8

            "A poem, uncompleted"---Just adore that line when it comes to unrequited love, or an apology as you say. Great write, Neville! x

            • Neville



              Thanks C .. muchly appreciated .. x

            • Parisab

              I see this as complete, you responded and chose the direction of your words and she was impacted with unintended consequence-great work about ambivalence, poet friend.

              • Neville


                Why thank you kindly ma'am .. I am most grateful to you for the visit, for the words you left behind said visit and indeed, for your friend request that I shall now happily accept .. All Good Things Parisab and with my Best Wishes,

                Neville

              • L. B. Mek

                read your words and couldn't help
                relating to them in a selfishly
                personal manner
                hence my rant below, forgive me Hyung
                (those dictators love to state
                Poetry, should be read out loud
                a must
                I ask,
                what if we've worded poetic
                what could never be spoken
                tried to poetically, express
                in-place of a yearning to caress
                what then, dear 'know it all'
                must poetry exist to entertain
                only
                what if it's a note, a confession
                inked
                with that sincerity of scarlet ink
                intended to reach, just one
                whose forgiveness, can never
                be attained
                yet still, that need to word something
                and explain, necessitates
                the existence if these poetic words)

                • Neville



                  then that would be something else entirely .. therefore no apology necessary, accept my thanks tho' ..



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