my mind is racing

my mind is racing......25.5.2012

 

my mind is racing

with empty thoughts.

 

sleep eludes me,

yet waking is fraught.

 

my body wraps

its skin and bones

around my distant lover

and wracks its emotions,

twisted and tormented,

around itself.

Reviews

[Jeffrey Gershom]

First of all, take a deep breath. Just reading the title suggested that my pulse should elevate.

I have felt such emotions, such as the bags under my eyes will validate. But those days are just distant memories, figurative and literal. Hope things workout so the torment turns into an energy that's more beneficial to you.

BTW, I really like your avatar. The Lady of Shalott is one of my favorite paintings by John William Waterhouse.

[brigid]

thanks so much for your hearttfelt review jeffrey..the man in the poem and i had to part ways but it took a long time to reach the end sadly...lots of emotions along the way..but lots of poetry too!!!
thanks for liking my avatar...the lady of shalott....waterhouse is my favourite pre-raphaelite artist..and i have this print in my lounge no matter where in the world i am. it is also fitting that i live by a lake too!!! cheers...

[Jeffrey Gershom]

Though some may think of spending such a long time with someone, to have it end the way it does, a waste. Yet, we, as poets, can harvest these fields overgrown with emotions so pure. Unfortunately, some of us, like me...remain alone.

The Lady of Shalott...I love listening to Loreena McKennitt's rendition of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem.

Cheers to you as well.

[brigid]

i totally agree with you...nothing is ever wasted, especially sharing time with another...poetry helps me a lot to interpret the journey's fields...
i am also with myself right now so deep time for reflection,meditation, enjoyment and living fully....hope your life is rich and full at times too?
i will treat myself to loreena mckennitt's rendition of the lady of s......thank you so much..

[brigid]

thanks so much ed for your heartfelt review. we were discussing ending our relationship while lying in bed...so close but oh sooo far apart......

[Ed Hart]

i'm touched by the torment in this poem, and wonder how far and why the lover is distant