Troglodyte

MendedFences27

Troglodyte

 

There’s water beneath this sweltering sand

cause I cried a river over you

a bleeding river like the Rio Grande  

whose desertlike ending makes me blue.

 

This thing called love is a crazy worry.

Morning into night, nothing seems right.  

My whirly-bird ride, gone in a hurry 

has left me without an appetite.

 

I’m lonely all the time. Please take my hand!

You can’t kindle romance with one match.

Those fools that rush to the hottest rock bands

can’t free themselves from that booby hatch.

 

My heart lies broken in these burning dunes.

It finds no solace from your cold lips.

Our love’s a dance floor where none hear the tunes.

Please love me again!  Nothing here fits.

 

Where will I go on this river of no return?

My raft bears my heart to the sea of destiny. 

Lost on tossing waves, overwhelmed and overturned 

I am but a water-drop in an endless sea.

  • Author: MendedFences27 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 7th, 2023 12:33
  • Comment from author about the poem: Lost love.
  • Category: Love
  • Views: 12
  • User favorite of this poem: Teddy.15.
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Comments5

  • Pop64

    Love lost is that love to lament upon, to write about in a beautifully rhyming, descriptive write such as this done. Well written! Clearly expressed!

    • MendedFences27

      Thanks, Pop64 for your comments. I appreciate your opinion.

    • Teddy.15

      There’s water beneath this sweltering sand

      cause I cried a river over you

      a bleeding river like the Rio Grande

      whose desertlike ending makes me blue


      Would it be wrong to say I wish someone had written this for me?

      I guess not after all I'm only human. This is as yours always are a kudos written with a poets pen perfectly ❤️

      A true inspiring read. Thank you Sir.

      • MendedFences27

        Wow Teddy15, much thanks for the wonderful words. The human heart is inspired by love.

      • Bella Shepard

        Your descriptive words of love lost, a fitting lament, taking me to that so poignant last stanza, that just fits like a glove. Beautifully written!

        • MendedFences27

          Thanks Bella, for your comments. My lament was inspired by music.

        • Doggerel Dave

          Come on - cheer up!!
          A very well written piece of misery.
          ( I'm only doing this because I cannot compete with the previous entries above.....)
          PS: What qualifies you as a Troglodyte?

          • MendedFences27

            Thanks DD, for your comments and to answer your question I'm an old, tired, and out of date hermit, with nothing to do but write poetry.

            • Doggerel Dave

              Meet Troglodyte No 2 then, Brother. 🙃

            • Neville


              very deep .. but then what would one expect from a subterranean dweller .. very much enjoyed Phil .. and just between you and me sir .. I lived for just over two weeks with the Troglodyte community on the fringe of the Sahara and would you believe my stay there with Sami was only cut short because we got flooded .. Neville



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