Berthe Morisot by Edouard Manet, 1872
reaching me in waves of familiarity, for
my mind to pay homage, to the voices of
the pink lips and maroon, that move in
undecipherable languid curves,
accentuated by the rapidly blinking eyes,
the two orbs that I was looking for,
for so long, they kindle my heart with
a flame, and make me blind by their sheen,
I try to wave away her beams, that surround
me into an enclosure of rapture, of pain,
my hands tremble, my toes freeze by her sight,
as I know when she apprehends me curiously,
.
which I do as well, but only by coy glimpses
to determine on the weighing scale, difference
of who she was, and who she is today,
she laughs at me, she laughs with me, but
nothing could hide my gloom of understanding,
she is no more the one she was, neither am I
the one of the past, she nods, she smiles,
breaking me into pieces of a jigsaw puzzle,
“Goodbye”, she says, shaking my right hand
with her left, then right, leaving me in
search of those pieces to adjoin, and find
my picture again, without, but in her gaze
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Very wonderfully crafted, HA. I enjoyed the tonality and the dictate of words, it felt like a perfect read for a rainy day with a cup of tea. My favourite part:”
which I do as well, but only by coy glimpses
to determine on the weighing scale, difference
of who she was, and who she is today,”
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dunno but this makes me think of dementia… when you don’t recognize someone any more… but then…can happen without sickness as well just by changing and developing in completely different directions
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HA, sounds to me like a painful end of a relationship. These lines are especially moving:
“she nods, she smiles,
breaking me into pieces of a jigsaw puzzle”
and I can only imagine just how awful this would feel!
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we are not who we were
and once we realize that…what is left?
can with live with who is now
and did the moment
pass us?
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Lovely! Memories are frozen in time, but life moves on. They both hesitate, but she’s the one who says “Goodbye”. Awesome poem!
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Nicely written poem. I like the illustration that goes with it.
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This is simply beautifully written.
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