Strewn Longings

Strewn Longings



Orlando bloomed,
not acting, true mating, feeling in sync
with the music,
they danced in their own fashion
to their own tunes,

happy holsters carrying love
not guns,
blistering heat,
engaged fire
the passion of the prodigal suns

and then the bullets of deranged dismay
a supposed message contracting the turntable
to play massacred melodies
the red floor rising up to meet heaven

some notes escaped to the outside
but few could decipher the shots from song

most were too frightened to try---
Orlando bloomed,

dead flowers upon arrival
stems of systematic irreverence
for life,

now the aura is of muted
spirit,
as it rises above
the melee.


erin-cilberto
6/14/16

Reviews

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

A jumping of thoughts put together here,
it fits with strewn.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Josie...

j.

[Cobblestone Traveler]

This pulls at my heart in all directions. Very touching and stirring. A heartfelt tribute. Thank you so much for sharing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Cobblestone.

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thank you Jacob for thinking of them in your talent of sorrow.

I watched them in the air touched them all with light so their loved ones would feel less despair.

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and you, for watching over them...you have such heart.

j.

[KWP]

And I wonder what, if anything, will be learned?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

not enough, i am afraid.

thank you, KWP.
j.

[H.L. Cerveise]

Jacob what a touching tribute to such an awful and terrible violent act. If everyone had a poet's heart like you this would have never happened. I so saw images of that night while I read your poem.

Extremely well done.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your very kind words, H.L.

j.

[Ruth]

Incredibly touching tribute Jacob...both beautiful and sad together...a tragedy voiced by someone who has the talent to convey the heartbreaking consequences...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Poppy.

j.

[Fran Marie]

a lovely tribute for the Orlando victims.. such a horrific tragedy..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind thoughts, Fran Marie.

it's all so sad....and why? what real purpose to these acts?

[barleygirl]

Beautiful tribute to the tragedy in Orlando. It's hard to approach such a topic these days, as the long line of similar events blurs into a senseless mural. It's hard to figure out what meaningful thing can be said about something that's been talked to death already. So with that backdrop, I find it amazing the way your observations are so spot-on . . . "happy holsters carrying love not guns" . . . "massacred melodies" . . . and the most poignant of all: "red floor rising up to meet heaven." You were truly inspired when you wrote this one.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

inspired and so sad...i just find it hard to believe how people can have no regard for life...

thank you, barleygirl

j.

[dan]

jacob, First of all, I loved the beginning play on words (Orlando Bloom?); your words convey the feeling of loss so profoundly displayed in Orlando and everywhere where muted hearts play funereal dirges in keeping with the tragic event, so WRONG...so disastrously wrong. We wonder why so many innocents have to die for an Allah who does NOT condone violence at all. Your wording is so perfectly directed to those of us who mourn for all who perished or survived this monstrous assault on the joyful message in the hearts of those who arrived at the nightclub that night to celebrate peace and love. So well done, my compliments. take care...dan

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, dan....
yes, no Real god would condone this action in his or her name.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

sad beyond words ...bravo for this plea of bewilderment and tribute to those murdered with such hateful, deranged concepts fueling the beast :(((((
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, E.----it is so tragic...

j.