Tuesday 16 June 2009

There is a love

There is a love that’s only locked

inside my little trouser pocket

and covered by my fist and luck it

never peeps – a shipwreck

 

lies there snug in the warmth and dark

keeping ancient secrets

behind a leather wallet

quaking as I walk.

 

Once it did come out to play

in brightness of the daytime

but now not even in a sliver of moonshine

it’s certain, safer, to stay; to stay.


18 comments:

  1. I know what you mean. The poem took me ages (weeks!) to write and it's enigmatic. It almost wrote itself and i believe it's about a man's struggle to express love.

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    1. I always think of Van Gogh when I read this poem (shipwreck...pocket...ambivakence) to stay, my favorite song of late, so ironic too. All that a poem requires

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  2. The depth of this is stunning and each will interpret in a way "to stay, to stay", for that is the nature of the inner world.
    Thank you for sharing this.

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    1. I still don't know how I feel about to stay. To stay. - great observation!

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  3. Every creative expression defines our humanity. Get it or not, and I do get it, the heart is at work here.

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  4. Ah there you go with the old ambiguity again. nice work..as usual

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  5. some things are too precious ~ my daughter had a little figure she kept in a matchbox ~ good one John ~ Lib

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  6. John, it's lovely, a very sensual message. Eden

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  7. ... covered by my fist and luck it never peeps ...

    Love this image.

    In a recent post, called 'Precious Hope,' I wrote ... A hope can be so deeply meaningful to us that we keep it hidden at times, even from ourselves ...

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  8. Love it, get it, so it hurts.

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  9. it's a good reminder of what's important. attention, being there for someone, all too precious to let it go.
    good piece of art.

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  10. We all struggle with our emotions, a wash with trepidation, wishing safety, security, for our loved ones. It was a nice expression that you shared there. You have a very kind heart.

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  11. Just REAL! I can feel your energy in the words.... WELL DONE. The LOVE still shines through.

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  12. Excellent Poem.Very memberille.

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