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Open Poetry #49

The Chair

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

0 posted 2014-02-17 02:13 PM

he stood for hours
trying to remember
what it was like
to sit comfortably
in the chair

his favorite chair,
the one near the
fireplace where
upon the mantle
her picture stared

time had taken her
as it had before,
but this time
she would not return to him

remnants of their love
now glowed in the embers
that crackled with each kiss
she had placed on his lips

warm they were, if ever dying
like the heat raised up from the fire
as the flickering of the flames receded
into the ashes of their lives

...just bein' Bluesy

[This message has been edited by Bluesy Socrateaser (02-17-2014 02:52 PM).]

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2014-02-17 02:42 PM

Poignantly beautiful, Bluesy!

Owl

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2014-02-17 03:37 PM

'Teaser
This reminds me of a Sonnet by Shakespear. A couple that has been together for many years have a bond that is unique. Parting for them can be uniquely devastating as well. I think your poem displays this.

Lori

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

3 posted 2014-02-17 04:28 PM

Bluesy Socrateaser, Yours is a sad story we all must live with when the time comes. And I am sorry you are one also.

Let me thank you here for your reply to my poem on Richy's topic.I really appreciated it.Many do not read all the replies on a poem other than what they wrote.I did not mean to intercept his great word game. But thank you. jo perry

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

4 posted 2014-02-17 08:46 PM

oh my gosh that last verse was so perfect..

the title makes me think of their four legs combined bound together, the sum being better than its parts..

now they can sit together in the culmination of their affection

wonderful piece my friend

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