when the sea of sentiment broke

when the sea of sentiment broke

 

 

 

 

i was drowning in incontinent

waters,

tears of delivery,

as i emerged from a womb of pain

 

a paradox of birth and romantic suicide

tenuous trust moribund 

as eyes dried to the headstone

emotions buried in pools of dust

 

love decomposing like a symphony

played backwards at agonizingly slow speed

 

so each component of the heart

becomes a cliff's note

of uncompromising regret

 

as i lay flowers on my resolve

and memory myself into an umbilical

 

existence,

never to let go again.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

9/6/15

Reviews

[Dhaye]

Regrets come at the end and we cannot turn back the hands of time so when we make decisions, we should make sure that we won't regret and/or blame ourselves in the end. But it is also a reality that we are human and we often make mistakes. Yet we learn more from our mistakes so the next time we have to make a decision, it would be the best choice for our better life.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful comments, Dhaye.

j.