Faded Flower

WL Schuett

faded slate floor 

a cold fireplace .

a very small window 

overlooking a desolate avenue .

living in a hovel 

where the walls were bare .

 

sometimes it's sad what 

closes the doors 

and that never allows them 

to reopen .

 

left amid feelings of 

long abandonment. 

There was no path of truth 

to amble on , 

just this path that leads 

to the wooded waters edge , renewed . 

 

She slid lid silently into 

the water . 

The ripples spread out 

and shivered in the 

moonlight 

and then faded away . 

 

A lovely flower 

that that fell into the water 

a long time ago . 

She floated away 

upside down 

and nobody was ever 

there to care ...

  • Author: WL (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 13th, 2017 08:51
  • Comment from author about the poem: Painting and poem reflecting loneliness, abandonment and depression....
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  • User favorite of this poem: Sugiura Asuna.
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Comments7

  • Louis Gibbs

    A mournful picture painted here so well, WL, both in words and by brush. Your dual talents continue to impress me. Well done!

    • WL Schuett

      Thank you Louis

    • Fay Slimm.

      Fantastic talent for brushwork and poetry - very poignant both picture and verse - a really good duo WL.

    • FredPeyer

      Beautifully written, WL, but haunting. You captured that loneliness really well. I like the whole poem, but especially the ending, which isn't really an ending, but open ended...
      The painting expresses the feelings and undercurrents from within the poem. Well done, Kudos!

    • Sugiura Asuna

      Beautiful in ways which you can only become when sad and lonely.

    • MendedFences27

      I think the painting is a stirring representation of loneliness and depression. The poem paints an equally mournful picture of one overwhelmed by the emotions depicted in your painting. A sad ending as both are swept away, but only poetically, both remain captured in your art and poem. Found this fascinating. - Phil A.

    • Tony36

      Great write

      • WL Schuett

        Thanks Tony

        • Tony36

          Welcome

        • Seek

          A lonely hovel took you to a flower that no one else saw is the positive I took from this sad piece so well written and a beautiful painting to go with it.



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