haunting

tonight even the moon weeps
indifference to dust
beneath sad passion's release

memory is no medicine but pain
laughter flushed down a drain
feather from a bird corpse

drunk sorrow swinging away
at tomorrow's apologies;
well, what good are they?

happiness recovered somehow
that house vacant now
my love loathes your un-existence

this silent cemetery of a mind
hides a lonely parrot
a broken record of regret

I'm sorry
I'm sorry
I'm sorry

useless wallpaper in my head
you are dead. I am your ghost

Author's Note

say what you will

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

no wonder emily made this a favorite..

this is so full of beautifully dark imagery...and what a metaphor for the loss of a relationship...and in some ways loss of part of ourselves.

"the cemetery of a mind"
"useless wallpaper in my head"

i wish i had written those lines.

fantastic stuff..

jacob

[paradoxical]

Thank you for reading, and I am glad that you enjoyed it.

[Corset]

I will say, nothing really dies, it changes-be it animal, vegetable or mineral- into something more tolerable, productive, bearable with time. ..and that is the whole point of "time" as a continuum, isn't it?
To gauge the the depth by how well it weathers the changes over time? We are all just witnesses to the evolution of love.

[paradoxical]

And I can say that nothing stays the same. Since everything changes, in a sense, everything dies. It's the difference between a warm body and a cold bed. Knowing someone/something still exists in a different form is just cold comfort. With that said, I agree with the law of conservation of energy. :p I do not agree with the "time heals all wounds" theory. You just get used to the wounds being there, that is all. And wow, I just went to a dark place. Hahaha!

[Corset]

hmmm, good points! I agree, nothing stays the same but doesn't necessarily dies does it? But in that light wouldn't no love=a cold bed anyway? I think the alternative is called co dependance,
but the are some people who simply can't be alone, and I totally understand that line of thought, except someone usually ends up hurt in the end should the right one come along as they tend to do and then you're stuck with A.) someone you don't love or B.) hurting someone you cared about. These are just my thoughts and i think I just went darker oh no! lol. Great conversation, thank you :) Some things to think about ;)

[paradoxical]

Lol! Well for the first part, you can only feel lonely if you have felt love. You would need something to compare it to in order to know it. So not necessarily (I have now completely entered the dark zone now). And yeah, I know a few people that could be called co-dependent. They cannot handle being alone. I guess I can understand it but it's a bit sad. Then again, I am on the other end of the spectrum. I have to have my space. People drain me. Lol

[Corset]

I feel like i'm having a conversation with myself here, lol, people drain me too but I still need that interaction I guess. More things to think about , I love philosophy well then how many actual people meet adulthood without ever having felt some kind of love, as there are many forms, somewhere along the line that baby was held, fed, nurtured or it wouldn't be alive to feel anything, so there would have had to have been moments however brief or disconnected or subliminally buried and therefore would recognize the void of not having been touched, cared for at all and so feel lonely at one point or another and so that need doesn't die but instead change or become dormant?

[paradoxical]

Ah, but there's a difference between love and affection. Nurturing, too.

[Corset]

yes, and all too often does one get mistaken for another.

[Sami Khalil]

A splendid poem...Thank you for penning...:)

[paradoxical]

Thank you for reading. :)

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Emily B]

sometimes i get to the last line and i think out loud

oh, and sometimes, oh, again

the breadth and depth of the words have lured me so far apart from myself that i am bereft of words

so here i am

[paradoxical]

You made it a favorite? Wow. Thank you, I'm honored. I am glad that you like it.

[Emily B]

of course I made it a favorite :)

what else could i do?