Leftover Love

Leftover Love

 

 

 

 

I never dreamed

you’d walk away

leaving me to figure out

the small stuff,

with empty bottles of Grey Goose Vodka

and a mattress fit for a King,

playing solitaire

upon the high thread count of sheets

of an unmade bed,

of a leftover love.

 

 

 

 

photography by Mecuro B. Cotto

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Beautiful simplicity in this piece. The bed you made together, is now for one.

[Kelly Scheppers]

It's hard, contemplating what to do with the love that's leftover. Perhaps I could have used a 9 x 12 envelope. Many thanks...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You capture the futility felt by the jilted when love walks out that door Kelly, in such a succinct fashion.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I gravitate to the shorter lengths...that seem to suit my muse. Many thanks, my friend!

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

Fantastic! I love this...it hurts.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you so much for reading!

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Your words are like a hammer, uplifted at the beginning and ending with a blow. Such beauty and sadness all in one. Lovely language.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Your visit brings me a smile...thank you, Linda!

[barleygirl]

I like the way you've described "high-end" possessions to imply that all this luxurious STUFF does not soothe or keep one warm, when the core of the encounter is hollow & empty. This is one of the best uses of "setting" to convey a big part of your message. I like the term "leftover love" for its alliteration, as well as the idea that people who have TONS of resources will go dining on opulent spreads of food, always with leftovers, usually forgotten. A very short read that provokes many images & feelings.

[Kelly Scheppers]

So kind of you to review...thank you!

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Kelly, you left me with a full bottle of tears...
a bed of memories... so elegantly penned.
truly, Pat

[Kelly Scheppers]

It's always a pleasure to see you, Pat! Thank you!

[SmittyJas]

insightful love story brilliant and to the point lonely is lonely solitaire love affair.

[Kelly Scheppers]

You are most kind, thank you, Jim!

[Trace]

WOW, This is the poetry you are most famous for in my mind,
You let the reader imagine what may have happened with only a few well placed words and coy phrases.
Did your lover leave, or did he just get up to go make coffee?

Wonderful poetry here my friend.

Trace

[Kelly Scheppers]

We always seem to immortalize those who hurt us, and I can't for the life of me figure out why. Thank you for the touching comment, Trace...my heart is overwhelmed!

[Cassie]

Sometimes things happen to us, people break our hearts and we question how it came to coz those people seemed so true and real. this is so sad.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you, Cassie! I am thrilled you enjoyed it.

[Lydia Shutter]

The sad emptiness of a love gone wrong is so strong in this one, Kelly. Just because one person thinks it's over, does not mean the other can erase the emotion. "leftover love"....what a great alliterative phrase. Lydi**

[Kelly Scheppers]

I never knew what to do with the leftover love...thank you so much, Lydi!