Chilblains

Chilblains

 

 

 

i'll settle for lies

if you just give me your hand

 

frostbitten by your cold eyes

my fingers will still curl 'round your heart

 

loving you is an art

and i, the sad painter

 

don't want to build a single fire

from sore embers

 

voices dancing harsh on tips of flames

calling each other detrimental names

 

we nearly ripped the swelling seams

and inverted decimated dreams

 

i'll settle for lies

and love that's pretend

 

as long as you promise

this won't be the end.

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/29/15

Reviews

[rubie]

How sad that so many of us settle for less than we are entitled to.

Life is far too short to do that.

Well penned, my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, rubie....

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

How often do people settle for nothing more than a facade simply because they are afraid of being alone? Too often if you ask me. I enjoyed the rhyme scheme in this, Jacob. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Lydi..

j.

[Pryde Foltz]

The poet rhymes … you don't do that very often. You are a wordsmith of the highest quality, Jacob:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Pryde.

j.

[....................]

love's poor circulation causes the hands to swell and blister beneath that cold stare, still, we are willing to love for less, a lot less than we are deserving of...sometimes it's the devil you know scenario...other times it's the only love you know...perhaps it's a case of not wanting to admit defeat until it is no longer possible to retain even the smallest fragment...such a moving write, my friend,,,

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, FT.

j.

[Corset]

I love the lines "don't want to build a single fire from sore embers" and the sentiments therein. Beauty is in the loyalty in this write.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Corset...

j.

[Ruth]

How the heart suffers so when so attached...poignantly visceral Jacob, felt...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Poppy...

j.

[Crispy]

Just beautiful~* ​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Crispy.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

Wow Jacob No matter the cost, it was all of her no matter how you were treated. You couldn't let go! A power write!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Andrew.

j.

[Cherry Pepperweb]

Jacob... Wow.
This is so good I can FEEL it.

The sad painter, even as it ends the memories perfectly captured.
Very moving.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Cherry.

j.