- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Thoughts On Meeting An Old Lover
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Click hereI’m trying to fade fast,
move memories to the tip of your tongue
stay there a moment like a pleasant aftertaste
then melt away.
Not linger
like cancer
have you searching your mind
for a reference of disgust
to attach to me
and then hold secret behind a sad smile.
I should be able to have that.
Not swim in the distance
between what you see and feel
drowning in diligent dignity.
No,
rather to fade fast.
be that untouchable pause
between scenes where the world moves
to black and back in a blink.
Que the fade,
completely necessary
but just a transition to something else.
- COMMENTS
unpredictablebijouover 15 years agoI'm in agreement with the other reviewers; this is spare, vivid and poignant in all the right ways. One tiny quibble: I think the word is "cue" rather than "que". Other than that, this is quite perfect.
WickedEveover 15 years agoMeeting an old lover -- or communicating with one through email. I can relate. The first two stanzas completely spoke to me. The poem is clean, no clutter, simple, and elegant.
Angelineover 15 years agowhich really captures that "get me out of here and let me leave on a good note" experience of running into an old lover. There's a nice poetic tension between words like "blink," "melt," and "fade," which each suggest different aspects of "end." I wasn't sure about "Que," shouldn't it be "Cue"? Maybe I'm missing something. But anyway, a real pleasure to read this one. Your poem has been recommended in the New Poems Review thread on Literotica's Poetry Feedback and Discussion forum.
Anonymousover 15 years ago"between scenes where the world moves
to black and back in a blink."
the feel and the wording is immediately imprinted.
Thanks for this morning's gift.
