Two-Faced Moon

Ex watching lovers

   Two-Faced Moon                         

 

I will not look away                             I cannot look away

                                  From you                                              

In my arms you fit so well                   I cannot look away

In my heart love does swell               I cannot look away

With passing time our souls excel    I cannot look away

 

            A broken heart my only tell

                          Still                      

                                                                I cannot look away

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

Love can hug or hurt at times. Seems a need to look for either a dent or gleam; find the something unsure OR too wonderful for words! Your words intrigue this reader but perhaps you, the, prime participant but.. you can't look away. What a tangled web we weave but -you can't look away. Such fine words, nudging thought.. as yous o often do, Cherrie

[Cherrie Palmer]

:) thank you Emma

[William Michael Reeves]

For some reason I thought of reality shows about relationships that are trainwrecks. I was just working with a guy whose wife would watch them. Just like you wrote ... couldn't look away. But had to in disgust

[Cherrie Palmer]

Lol I have to steer clear of those shows. I can't stand the drama. I prefer the discovery Chanel or Old black and white movies.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

And why should we look away from such lovely verse? I enjoyed the read.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I wanted it to feel like two poems. The lovers and the outcast. In the end I decided to let her voice be the chorus that could only repeat the obvious.
I'm glad you enjoyed this one.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Being a NC boy do you ever read Ron Rash? I just finished Above the Waterfall.
A very enjoyable read.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I read his Burning Bright from 2010 but it's the only thing I've read from Professor Rash. I try to read some local writers but I'm spending more time these days researching educational material than actually reading.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I haven't read that one. I really like how he brings the landscape to life.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

It's a collection of short stories about people from the Appalachian mountain region. I could tell quite a few of my own. :) I'm currently reading O. Henry: The Fiction. I love the short stories of O. Henry. His command of the English language was admirable and vastly descriptive. Plus, all his stories end with a plot twist of some sort. And I can read a story in twenty to thirty minutes (some far less) and come away feeling like I've watched a two hour movie. O. Henry, himself came from Wilmington, N.C.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I love O.Henry

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Nice poem of the moon. Loved how you wrote "I cannot look away" .

[Cherrie Palmer]

:) thank you TPK

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Cherrie... Frank Sinatra will join the Ensemble
while we count our Blessings ... and throw Kisses to the Moon and Back. gently. Pat x

[Cherrie Palmer]

Patty my lass you are the best. Thank you.

[Patricia Wedel]

Are you Irish… St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ is special for us.. March 17… hugs, Pat

[Cherrie Palmer]

I am. My parents were married on Staint Patrick's Day.

[Patricia Wedel]

So amazing… love Celtic Thunder and all the Music and stories of Ireland …. tenderly, Pat

[Betty Hermelee]

I like the way you flirt with words... but this is actually a serious love poem... even when love seems to become a shadow of itself, still she cannot look away....I like the repetition as well....
Lovely Brevity poem Cherrie.
Best, B

[Cherrie Palmer]

Thank you, Betty
Once I wrote
I cannot look away... I knew I wanted to repeat it each line.
:)

[Betty Hermelee]

A belated You're welcome!
Best, B

[Red Brick Keshner]

A complete package of a poem from title to verse, from the visual and the way it "sits on the page" to its innovation. A most pleasurable read.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Letting the words travel all over the page doesn't always agree with me, but I like to play with the notion especially when there is two opposing ideas at play.

[willweb]

Yep, that is exactly what it is like, if only looking away was easier. Nice one Cherrie.

[Cherrie Palmer]

at first I wanted it to be line for line with the different outlooks, but then I got the the idea of making the odd man out like a chorus.