Together Again

a little bit of angst can go a very long way indeed when spread thinly over many years.. let go they said.. I laughed and shook my head...

Together Again

 

Your synchronised theatre

Appearances

Do make me smile you know

Not even we

Had it quite so finely tuned

 

I do hope you continue with

Your ciphers and your codes

Although I doubt they will get

Broken nowadays

They will surely try though

 

Unless that was more make believe

Like everything

I imagine the new guy will soon

Grow tired of all your silly games

Yet and yes I wonder

 

Do you ever compare him to me

Like you once compared me

To all those others

You know the ones I mean

I now know three of them by name

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Reading this, I no longer feel like the most jaded person in the world! Wow! You have a way of light-brushing those nasty little characteristics with such rusty irony! The biggest caution sign (for me) is when a cluster of ex's seem to be a regular feature! That's why your closing sentiments really hit the spot! (((NUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Neville]

they call it poetic licence I believe... x

[barleygirl]

I was so busy writing pet stories this Christmas, I didn't get around to writing about the time I went home with a guy I'd been dating a year or so, had Christmas dinner at his parents' house. In the conversation, it slowly dawned on me that nobody knew he was divorced & everyone thought I was a work comrade not a girlfriend! I've been very wary of ex's ever since!

[Neville]

me too.. and their husbands...

[Stella Armour]

Games yes, but you can't win them all... someone has to be the loser and the cheat never wins in the end..

[Neville]

best advice ever and oh so bloomin true... cheers Stella you are a winner for sure...

[Stella Armour]

when my cheating husband eventually got cheated on i had the biggest smile on my face ever :))

[Neville]

I bet.. hope you are still smiling :)

[Stella Armour]

oh yes lol ...

[Neville]

That's the spirit.. just what we want to hear..... N

[kitty]

Your subject seems to be a person of knowledge and experience. Unless one has 'been' there' one is unable to express themselves more accurately. Thank you for this

[Neville]

what an interesting interpretation my friend.. and I should be thanking you, as indeed I shall... thank you Kitty.... Neville :)

[kitty]

Sometimes reading in between the lines we discover a million truths whis would not otherwise be explained face to face. A most revealing piece. Thank you.

[Neville]

should I be afraid.... answer on a postcard to..... :)

[kitty]

Private messaging - not wanting the world at large to know! (Lol)

[Robert Trakofler]

I do enjoy the non nonchalance tone of your mildly effected loss in your cutting! I would imagine similar aspect to the loss of a pair of holey boxer shorts when you get that one pinch to many experience and decide to chuck them for good! I feel for you in this I hate throwing away a pair of boxers too but sometimes you got to set them free to hang with all of there rejected boxer short friends. You have a way with the the ladies dear Nev and much more so with words!

[Neville]

Blimey what can I say.. many thanks Bad Bunny...please excuse the delay in responding.. for some reason, your comment and the one below from Eilis seem to have not appeared until just now... something funny going on, or what... cheers me friend and true.... Neville

[Eilis]

The tone of this feels triumphant to me. Like the scene in the Karate Kid where he's standing on one leg, vulnerable but not beaten, and then. The ones who try to keep us subject to them don't always win.

In the end, our greatest superpower towards people who take pleasure in hurting us is not giving a f**k about their enforced drama any longer, I believe. I felt power here, and an unwillingness to compromise one's dignity any longer. But of course those things don't always equal the ability to forget.

But no one has to know how often we think of them. And that's another power we have, I suppose. If I were there I would give you a high-five for this poem, Neville. I think you nailed it.

[Neville]

Hey Eilis my friend.. please accept my very sincere apologies for what must seem like a very late response to your very kind comments... I dont know why but I seem to have missed them until just now... I also miss your presence here at the Cafe and hope you eventually see my little note here and of course return... Wherever you are, take care and wherever you aim to go, go well.. Neville

[Eilis]

Hello, Neville. Thank you for those kind words. I’ve been dealing with selling a house and a big move and poetry has very little space in all that activity. Hope you are well there.

[Neville]

Hiya my friend, I had been wondering. Good to hear from you, I owe you so many .... hope the move is/went smoothly .... Neville

[Eilis]

So far, so good. Still, as ever, a lot to get through. Best to you

[Neville]

.............N :)

[Lyn Anderson]

The peanut butter of angst. Do you eat that stuff over there? Any way, yes, relationships are often a twisted maze and one wonders if the person acted this way with the ones before and after ...

[Neville]

one has given up wondering.. one gave up long ago... and honestly, I have only allowed peanut to pass my lips on one occasion.. I was drunk at the time.. some folk love it I hear.. but then some like a bit of angst ever now and again too... cheers Lyn :)

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

We get what we give- it hurts, we wonder, but in the end they reap what they sow then theres no wondering why...we know...the world is a sad lonely place full of people wearing masks too afraid of who they are themselves- be at peace and know all shall be well🌹

[Neville]

what a wonderfully uplifting, and of course enlightening series of thoughts.. bless ya Thoughts in Time.... N :)

[BBP]

You wrap your knife in rose petals here. Almost starts like a love song until you realize it's a good riddance song! :)

[Neville]

what a delightful point of view .. bless ya my friend.... N

[Tamara Beryl Latham]

A great sentimental poem, Neville, that is proof you still care about her. We readers can all relate to the words you've scribed. Thanks for sharing. :-)

[Neville]

thank you my friend.. N

[Tamara Beryl Latham]

So, why not give her a call? Happy New Year!

[Neville]

cheers and back at you...

[Einstein Noodle]

pay back is a b.......... they say ;) so entangling to get caught up with a gamer ...the rules are all bent their way and there is no twist, turn nor competence that will give anyone even the hint of a win ..one just goes deeper and deeper and deeper into the maze ... nope ... never never play a gamer ;) always great to read your stuff sir!
E.

[Neville]

always great to have you visit and of course your valued opinion mate.. N