In the watches of the night

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Open Poetry #49

In the watches of the night

jjote
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since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2015-07-23 09:00 AM

I look for you in the glow of starlight
I feel your presence though I am stone
and you become a mysterious torment
a whisper in a place with eerie keening.

I collapse in my knees, stunned and passive
pain beats like a soundless drum
you carried away the magic of our past.
All I have left is mere bravado.

In the watches of the night
I suspect daylight will be brief
time is an illusion for you're not there
the reality of our love a flimsy veil.

@jjote

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2015-07-23 09:20 AM

Ring the bells of a lost lover, hearken to the words pleading in vain, only to arrive at "a place with eerie keening."

You have bewailed a lost love's credo for millions who are of the same fate. Very well said, jjote.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

2 posted 2015-07-23 09:31 AM

As usual you have hit the right button in saying what I mean to say in this poem. thanks

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2015-08-20 10:16 PM

enjoyed reading this....james

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2015-08-23 07:48 AM

Sad, but very efficiently rendered, dear Josefina!

Love,
Margherita

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2015-08-27 08:16 PM

Thanks James and Margherita for dropping by

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