remains

i  tasted you     

     drank deep in      

     yesterdays whispers

as the coffee touched my lips               

               like you used to 

seconds slid by
     slyly pulling 
     just enough frames
of us
     through the light behind
my eyes

impromptu picture show
     conjured so promptly 
edging its way through
what i’d assumed was
     insurmountable 
     visceral viscosity

too dark to see 
     what we used to taste
     when we closed our eyes
to feel

hands brushed
     there
     right there
in that line that hasn’t been
(that isn’t)

          grains of us
          remain
          suspended
     living on in the lingering
scent
     that will surely never 
                      leave
     this place

Reviews

[just Penny]

Superb opening lines, vividly expressive in the reminisce of lost love. I like the insightful thoughts on what rather than who is missed perhaps, as this is something I have considered often when trying to recapture a "feeling" because it was good eclipses the person it was good with. "grains of us remain suspended" - great lines. Loved it because it gave me much to think about. Penny

[Ghost of Jupiter]

mmm... I love this. The memories slipping in and taking over, sometimes going down smooth like the first sip of coffee, or sometimes it burns the lips. That last stanza, brilliant. Again I adore the format, the way it makes your words spill... nicely done, poet.

[lost girl]

Memories.... I can taste them on my lips with coffee....they stain....but what would we be without the drip. this is magical. It blinds me and makes me see all at once. Great emotion with my morning cup full :)

[ChemicalMadness]

they just seem to sneak in, uninvited sometimes....the consequences are not always altogether unpleasant ;)

Thank you!
CM.

[K. Louis]

beautiful poem here CM..you're great at capturing love

[ChemicalMadness]

Thanks, K. Nice to see you ;)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the aroma lingers of what once was a love which brewed deep in the heart.

what wonderful metaphor here.

nice short title too....:)

[ChemicalMadness]

Thank you, Jacob. I've been on a short title kick for......well, always ;)

CM.