Only Heat Separated (from Boyhood Tales)

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Open Poetry #46

Only Heat Separated (from Boyhood Tales)

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2010-05-30 10:10 PM

Only Heat Separated
(from Boyhood Tales)

In the hours between
just before and just after,
poisonous words flew
on heated breath - screamed at times,
loathsome, cold – angry, and for what . . .
a misstep, a trip, a fall to the bottom step.
In the end, you didn’t understand, neither did I.
We couldn’t believe what we’d just done, undone,
tore apart, blew away!
Tips of yours, and mine, fingers so close
only heat separated . . . touched, slid together,
clutched, squeezed, grasped, pulling our bodies together
in a way we never knew before.
In the cooling just after and just before,
little by little hands separated, came apart,
were strangers who no longer understood.
I rose, pulled on my clothes;
you lay there back to me.
In time, maybe in time – the door closed,
I walked away, and you, you slept.

© wesley james beard, jr.
may 2010

[This message has been edited by jwesley (05-30-2010 10:54 PM).]

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2010-05-30 10:23 PM

This is so very effective and I am reading so much saddness into it.
You do tell an honest tale without any frills.

Be well good poet, Sir~

Amaryllis
Senior Member

since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

2 posted 2010-05-30 11:31 PM

So much distilled into one poem.. very poignant conclusion.. reader is left bereft along with the protagonist. Well done!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2010-05-31 10:47 AM

Powerfully emotional write, dear Jimmy, that touches the heart! ... and food for thought too, as under such circumstances it would be so necessary to understand ...

Love,
Margherita

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

4 posted 2010-06-01 03:51 PM

one moment can change
everything

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

5 posted 2010-06-05 12:45 PM

Great poem Jimmy tells a story that is

known to most of us. Thank God we learn to be more tolerant as we grow older. Take care

Lindsay

Bastet
Member

since 2010-05-07

Posts 246

6 posted 2010-06-05 12:55 PM

Very strong portrayal of emotion. One can sense that this is a true esperience. A good read.

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