The Agony of Silence

A transatlantic collaboration by Phil Sanders and Brenda Sue. (Navy is Phil and Wine is Brenda)

She doesn't understand ...
My life has changed
My needs are varied like the winds of time ...
Taking my heart to new beginnings ...
Different desires ...
The past lies buried in the ground ...

He doesn't understand...
Life has changed me
Together, alone, in this prison we call home...
Fantasies have become my only escape...
Always exhausted...
My heart dreams of days gone by...

She doesn't understand...
Frustration abounds...
I am locked into suburban boredom
My mind is dulled and my passion doused
A sensual frozen waste...
My soul is frozen and bound...

He doesn't understand...
The magic is gone...
A special touch, a loving look, our favorite song...
Could make so much difference...
Passion renew...
The future looks dim unless I get through to him...

She doesn't understand...
Her kisses infrequent and cold
The touch like winter and snow
I need the fire igniting again ... my body aroused
Tired and lonely
My heart screams for love...

He doesn't understand....
Loneliness lurks...
I need him to hold me, not scold me
Imprisoned by duty's chains...
Vague memories of young love...
Vanished like a dream lost in the night...

We don't understand...
What happened to us
We're living the life of our parents...
Doing what we said we would never do
Him in one corner, her in another...
Where has the magic gone?

SILENCE..........................................

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Navy is Phil and Wine is Brenda, Gray is what both are thinking.

Reviews

[E. M. Murren]

Your individual passions burn so brightly in this work that melded thus the reader is mesmerized while identifying with the sentiments. You have defined the problem in so many relationships so well. The goals to acheive as well as the mountain which each needs to terain. Fabulous work.

[Alex]

Wow. That was amazing!

[Tania Leigh]

An excellent collaboration about a relationship becoming dull....sad that we can express our thoughts so well in our minds but not to our loved ones. Oh, how it could all change with effective communication, yet we hold back...

A great read, you two!

[Amor-de-angel]

That is just brilliant!
This makes starting the group so worth it. I just knew that two intelligent minds coming together could make such perfect poetry.
This is so wonderfully written by you both. I have the biggest smile to think you have acheived something so great. Please don't let this be the only one you write together.
Gold stars to you...

[Catrinka]

This is really good Bren!!! And kudos to Phil too! I'm adding it to my favorites because it describes the challenges of long term love so very well from both sides. A great write!

[Forest Green]

Wow...What a work you have completed, spelling out the scenery passing by as the speed of the fall hastens rapidly...really, truly complete.

Yet somehow tender, even a little hopeful...I hope.

Wonderful words to express the heartbreak of fading feelings.

Amazed,

Forest