- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Odyssey to Nowhere
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Click hereOdyssey
to
Nowhere
You came, as you had once before,
And with your presence
All that which had been,
Was real in life again.
Your eyes, and mine,
And those self-surrendering looks,
Together we gravitated
Each into the other.
Sweet;
The song of love,
Rapturous - the dance of desire,
Each moment another Eden reclaimed!
All this and yet
"Till death do us part"
We had not committed;
While the death of parting,
We each upon the other
Did inflict!
That solitary teardrop pendant from your eye,
A searing icicle stabbing the heart,
The angry kiss which still storms the soul,
And then 'the most unkindest cut of all,
"Take care, keep well".
(Of what? for whom?)
With you I have traveled
To be alone.
- COMMENTS
NomduPlumeover 20 years agoThe very fact the other resides in the memory . . .
amansover 20 years agoOne solitary tear drop, inside corner, left eye. And they don't come easy.
Anonymousover 20 years agoI thought this poem started out promising what it can't deliver. Lines like "those self-surrendering looks" and "Sweet; The song of love, Rapturous ....." disintigrated into melodramatic lines that grated a little.
All in all it's a good effort and a sad-sweet love song.
Angelineover 20 years agoIt has some really powerful phrasings and I really like the thoughtful musing quality. It also has some cliche that I think weighs it down, and that I'd edit out. But that's easily done and will make a good poem even better. :)
