Incompatible

Incompatible

I am friendly with gratitude
that love has dropped by,
but numb, lacking finesse
in this sweater that lets the cold
wander the worn elbows
from a drift of snow.
I opened this door because I thought
I heard the call of Spring.
There was a slight sound, as blue
as a robin's egg falling
from a high branch.
I took a chance.
I opened the door to icicles
breaking small spears on the stone step.
I opened the door to winter,
disguised in an overcoat
pushing hard hands into the heated gloom.
Love had her back turned,
staring out the window in another room.

Reviews

[Ed Hart]

At this stage of the game, we're not going to the prom, we're not looking for a date, and we're not sucker for need or words or anything that flashes or sparkles; only a friend will do; only a heart that fits our own like two pieces of a puzzle, in a two piece puzzle.

[Gandré]

What I like about your poem is always the honest approach.. and the lyrical beauty which sounds utterly natural and a simple meaning... which is very deep in its core.

[miSS LEaf]

wonderful, heartbreaking, brilliant, thank you!

~L~

[celyn]

Poetry about the winter or the cold always has a lonely kind of depth to it. This is beautiful. With a sad, sad ending.

[Tracie Skarbo]

Oh that winter can be such a cad at times...never knowing when he has over stayed his welcome...many great lines in this one.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Talk about your apt metaphors! We have six inches of snow, sleeting now and expecting another six inches of snow this week-end! I have foot long icicles clinging from my guttering. As for the "love" thing, I believe in the love of God, dogs, children and a few close friends. I'm surely not going chasing after romance...been there, done that..got the tee shirt. lol

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

"Love is patient, love is kind" who ever said that has not lived in modern times, today many treat it like fast food... excellent write on the complications of love.

[James Paulin]

I sense metaphors within metaphors intertwined within a single scene, like a one act play. Very creative and evocative.