I sit in chilled stillness,
A frosty mug.
In this brooding Arctic thaw.
I try,
Desperately,
To force my eyes to smile
Aurora Borealis,
Offer a sign of goodwill.
Despite best efforts
I am unable to overcome
Your
Frozen tundra frown.
Conversational glaciers
Crackle.
The breaking up,
Absent of any true emotion.
However,
Briefly,
I am distracted by the
Sparkle of sun diamonds,
The steady drip, drip, drip,
As tears from ice-dagger tips
Plummet to the floor.
A tiny pool appears
Quicksilver.
The reflection in your eyes,
A toxic memory,
Quickly re-freezes;
Becomes a tarnished pewter.
All lies and indiscretions
Now lie,
Here,
Beneath the soles
Of my frostbitten feet.
I curse the winter,
The tease of Spring!
You chastise the numbness
Of my negativity.
I tell you that I am
Clinging to the notion that this iceberg
Is a life raft
And that I shall remain afloat!
We both laugh - uneasily.
And just as I begin to feel
The pinpricks
Of some
Small
Resolution,
I cannot help but shiver.
You have put on your overcoat.
A blast of frigid air lingers…
The freezer door
Slams shut.
Images burst forth, fortunately the non-traditional type that have become mulch in my reading of far too many over sentimental BS ruminations of divorce. As my muse and partner said recently: marriage remains the most common cause of divorce, and to that end (after creating 3 of the little Frankenstein monster-events myself) suffice it to say, your words here would be well served as a marriage ceremony, preceding -- "I do" Loved the reality of marriage's macabre nature you infused into this marvelous piece of wordsmithing.
This is my personal inspirational book of poetry. It contains many poems written for family, friends, and relevant life situations. Hopefully you will find some that will encourage and inpsire you in whatever arena you are found in your circle of l
A Collection of Voices from Around the World is more than just a poetry compilation. It is a partnership of poets from around the globe brought together by an internet poetry forum. That forum, poetrypages.com, has been the home of many a fine poet s
“The woman or man who is a poet, or fiction writer, or playwright, or all of these, is engaged constantly in a jazz ballet of vocabularies, passions, genders, histories, perspectives, death, love, and life. The music of revelation announces itself to
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