She Disappeared

photo by me: Deerfield Beach, FL - January 2010

            

 

 

She disappeared

     what seems like eons;

I miss her everyday.

     Carefree... flamboyant

      reckless and tortured.

She grasped for solitude.

 

She disappeared

     for who knows how long;

but time is running out.

     Each day grows shorter,

      and I’m no smarter.

I wait for her return.

 

She disappeared

     from body and soul;

for no apparent reason.

      She flew up...grew up

       and found her airway.

She left me in her wake.

 

She disappeared

      I wailed and puled;

hey wait, it’s me you flee.

       But the look of her pain

               and the shame in my heart

were really both the same.

 

She left

and disappeared from sight;

her name scrolled in the sand.

       She disappeared

                and won’t come home,

til carefree days are here.

 

 

 

 

     

Author's Note

copyright@ April 18, 2000
with some revisions: June 1, 2010

Reviews

[KimLove "The Beautiful ..]

Allen very touching poem and just love the photo. xo

[Muse]

Wow this was written with such soul! Your words are beautful, to make perfection I would eliminate all those commas, periods, and semi colons, it's not necessary in this kind of free flow writing, its a distraction to the beauty of your words.

[Brad]

the ocean can hold so many metaphors in life, funny how nature can mimick our humanistic lives, your words are always so real and emotional...i have never read anything irrelavent from you

[Lily Mae]

This zero's in on the hearts core for sure. Something I'm sure we've all been able to relate to unfortunately..x

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

A wonderful piece Allen, full of melancholy of the lonely poet who was left behind........

[Ruth]

Allen, this really stirs my heart, beautifully written, I am so moved! xx