Bookends

...first writing of a new year!

Bookends

 

 

We are immortal

like the sea,

like the tide

that rushes in

then out again

 

Its silence speaks

to my amaretto soul,

sequestering the words

to a Simon & Garfunkel tune

 

about a time of innocence,

a time of confidences.

 

I’ve preserved your memories,

sepia tones of lost afternoons.

 

They’re all that’s left you.

Author's Note

There are songs that move me to tears, and "Bookends" by Simon & Garfunkel, is one of them. I wanted to take a few lines and incorporate them into a poem that expresses love and the loss of it in our lives. This is what I came up with.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I am equally moved by the lyrics of this particular song & I also love to incorporate parts of songs I love into the poems I write. You have accomplished both artfully. I don't know if it's becuz I'm old now & lots of the people I know are also old . . . or if it's the pandemic . . . or ether taking over our interactions . . . but many seem to be feeling this void or fading or loss of love. People just don't seem to have the bandwidth or attention span to love like in the good old days (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pash]

Overwhelming!
Simply beautiful.
Thank you for sharing.
DB

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you so much, David!

[RW Erskine]

a very nice way to express truly great music and song piece.
they were a beautiful duo.

[Kelly Scheppers]

...yes, they were! Thank you so much!

[Travis Gibson (poetic h..]

This was beautifully tragic... there is no feeling like missing our love. Fantastic piece!

[Kelly Scheppers]

Many thanks, Travis.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

It was nothing but a pleasure.

[UN]

When I picked this poem to read it was because I love that S&G song! Well chosen.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I could listen to it over and over again, and still not get enough of the ambience of it. I find it hypnotic, actually. Thank you so much, Ewan!

[Alexa Apothic Red]

"Sepia tones of lost afternoons" is my favorite line in this piece.. which inherently implies the antiquity of faded memories..but ones which you are fond of. I also enjoy how the sepia reference applies to your talents as a photographer.

The beginning stanza truly grabbed me though... we are immortal like the sea...
It made me think of the permanency of souls joined together... even when apart, they are eternal and infinitely woven together and need only the tides of time to bring them in physical contact to crash together again.. to play together in the rush that is high tide... until they are spent and the lull of afterglow sends them in opposite directions (but always to be joined and always to return!) I so love that possibility!!

[Kelly Scheppers]

I am indebted by your kindness, Alexa. A thousand thank you's for making my day!

[Alexa Apothic Red]

Any day that I can make another's day is a day well spent!! I'm honored, and the pleasure was mine.

[Pete]

Its silence speaks
to my amaretto soul,
sequestering the words
....

I’ve preserved your memories,
sepia tones of lost afternoons.

those loves are preserved in a library between your 'Bookends' ...

[Kelly Scheppers]

Many thanks, Pete! How's the weather there in Boston? Any snow?

[Pete]

welcome Kelly. been weird. was 70 tues. & wed. - was wearing shorts. dropped to around 40 thurs. and rained with snow mixing in. cold, damp & raining now. no snow on the ground!

[PepperPoet]

I love the reference to the sea being immortal..like memories. I love this piece.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you for the kindness your words bring me today!

[Mary]

Beautiful! Motion of the tide sets a wonderful rhythm to your poem, as your words express the joy of kept secrets and sadness of lost love. Beautiful!

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you so much, Mary!

[Roland Petrov]

You had me with "amaretto soul"! You turn phrases like no other.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Roland!! How wonderful it is to see you! Thank you for the lovely warmth your words bring me today!