Arrangement

Arrangement

 

 

 

i've been Garfunkeled into solo retreat 

the bridge teetering in a sky of why

 

friendships trestle over blue waters

hands no longer shake

but wave goodbye----

 

notes sprinkled with salty tremor

the voice stolen by subjugate age

 

and then i listen to my own record

feel mislabeled

A.S.C.A.P. ways entitle me to sing to 

the moribund wind of change

 

i am the lessened spice of life

engaged to an ending

 

that comes all too soon

like a shotgun wedding. 

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/1/15

Reviews

[rubie]

this one strikes me as sad....

a kind of running out of time, feeling regrets at chances not taken....

and said so beautifully....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, rubie...

j.

[Penlady]

I can envision that swinging bridge and the holding on, the step by step to the other side...now there...
bid fear and mundane gone...lots new, maybe even self-seasoned..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love your insightful reply, Penlady...

thanks so much...i am enjoying reading your works, as well.

j.

[Penlady]

Thank you Jacob...it is indeed the give and take that makes sharing so worthwhile and, indeed again, much inspiration!

[Corset]

That bridge over troubled waters is a sturdy mo-fo.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, it is...but even the most sturdy things....break over time.

thank you, Corset.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

"Fools, said I, you cannot know that silence like a cancer grows..." Thank God that your pen still speaks and we still have ears to hear; minds to comprehend and hearts to understand.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Fabian, for your kind words, and the reference to my favorites...S&G...

[Mary]

really enjoyed the garfunkling in this poem- growing old - love the last 4 lines- I can certainly relate.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Mary.

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Your writing always ends to soon but I read it again only to know that it will again end to soon.

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Al.

j.