Bare Trees and too many Scarlett O'Hara's

 

Bare Trees and too many Scarlett O'Hara's

 

 

 

 

there were summer loves

and other loves

and love me more's 

and love me less'es 

in their strict tresses

on short contracts

with shorter commitments

and no returns,

just return to sender's

 

and yes, i went on some benders

to forget

as i drowned in regret

mixed drinks to link my memories

until i sobered to the moment at hand

 

and found theirs were no longer in mine

not a one

 

i was never a one-and-done kind of poet

just kept scribbling heart scramblings

and scrambling to find a place for my heart

 

a "she" with which to be a "we"

but now it has become a sordid "i"

in a misspelled "team"

 

the end of a so-called dream

Winter's called it so.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

11/18/18

Reviews

[CD Campbell]

Brilliant write. I can really feel the heaviness and exasperation in your "scribblings". Even in my current good mood you take me down that dark tunnel. You sure know how to pull the strings.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, CD...
j.

[andrew mitchell]

So many bad apples, so many wannabes, so little time, and yet one has to get back to one's roots to recoup! Maybe we have to think like Casanova! Lovely read Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, back to one's roots...
thank you for your words, andrew,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Many trees lose their leaves in autumn Jacob only to green again in spring. And Scarlett O'Hara isn't real. I would say never give up your dream of becoming a we rather than staying an I. A little rhyme here, unusual for you, but it works very well indeed. I am sending you Happy Thanksgiving greetings. I am thankful for your poetry.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Chris.
j.

[angel]

FIDDLE-DEE--DEE! I'll think about it tomorrow;tomorrow is another day.
There'll be another Spring. ANOTHER summer, too.
And I am sure you will write just as charmingly about them as you have done here. You know what they say; 'that Jacob surely can write him a poem!'

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, angel....ah yes..."tomorrow is another day" and to think...Melanie (Olivia DeHaviland) is still alive at 102 i believe.

[Cassie]

You are a master, this is good.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Cassie.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

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oh no .... Don Quixote can never give up ......... bare trees and bared soul my friend ... if you eat turkey you can take long naps ;)
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

long naps are good...just had one...thanks, E.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

;)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[kitty]

Bare trees making way for 'new beginings'... off with the old ~ on with the new for a better and brighter tomorrow! Chance to look back and discard the old leaves but let the tree be nourished by yestterays crop. Rejoyce in the chances we have been given. Be thankful for the 'gift' of life. Thank you for sharing this Jacob!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, kitty.
j.

[kitty]

My pleasure!. Have a great week end!

[Patricia Wedel]

A place for your Heart... thinking of the seeetheart flowers... Bleeding Hearts ♥️.
Sometimes Love is like a deck of cards.
You shuffle and double your luck.! Sometimes you lose with a lesser hand. A full house is not always best... If the Winner has a Flush...
truly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and the seasons are a 4 of a kind, even if different suites.
thank you, Pat.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

You are too Kool for your 🎩...

[Verse]

Strangely enough, what I hear in the background is Sinatra singing. This feels like the poetic equivalent of "My Way". Better or worse, I showed up and acquitted myself, it seems to say. The message seems to be one of philosophy, and acceptance of things in their unvarnished state.

Keep on singing the song that is uniquely you!!! Really loved learning who you are in this write.:):)

V

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Verse...

[Verse]

truly a pleasure!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

The title is brilliant and the poem raises its IQ.

I bow to the metaphor king.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Dale,
j.