snowmen and wonder lust

snowmen and wonder lust

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto


snowmen and wonder lust    

 

 

 

interludes of you,

white snow

in little flakes on a corrupt dresser

 

straws for drinking in the mirage

top of the world delights

make for violent ends

when the drink spills out of reality's cup

and she loses the handle on it

 

coaster hearts bleed in the end

the red somnambulist slips on iced misgivings

 

he loves her blind

yet, 

she only longs for another

sniff of winter.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

11/23/18 

© 2018 jacob erin-cilberto


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Thats so honest and beautiful. Your words are gold.

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you, brokenwriter.
j.
Relationships are rarely equal -- one side nearly always more devoted than the other --

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your kind review, Lyn,
j.
dear Jacob... “straws for drinking in the mirage...”. if we remember back to grade school and high school... all the tears because we had a crush on someone. I would go home and cry. But that is the way we are made... for love and affection. Now I smile and remember. truly, Pat

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your kind review, Pat,
j.
Nicely done....even if we love blindly.....what's the use when in the end they walk away as if there was nothing to start with.....
:)

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your words, Ardra,
j.
Oh yeah, I've got enough in my background to recognize this. I see and have seen people destroy themselves or watch loved ones do it to themselves. The picture, in the end, is never a happy one.

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your words, Relic.
j.
'out of reality's cup' ...and aren't we the ones too careless that it spills all over?...
Nice metaphors, as always, Jacob.

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your kind words, Yumna...
j.
as far as poetry is concerned my friend, you are on one hell of a roll, as I read and hit these keys.. N

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you, Neville...i appreciate your kind words,
j.
Neville

5 Years Ago

my pleasure as always,
N
what goes up has to come down eventually and sometimes it gets broken or bruised in the process.

I love the metaphor of snow Jacob, and it does melt losing its beauty...

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your kind review, Stella.
j.
hi jacob ive missed this site and really love your poem especially this one that i just read.
My journey back to this site is slow having been doing some photography for the last month.
Hope you are well, a great poem Jacob as usual never dissapointed!

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your words, Julie...
what were photographing?
Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)

5 Years Ago

just putting all my nature pics up on a site trying to sell lol , i also went to a park and took hun.. read more
A wonderful poem shared Jacob.
"coaster hearts bleed in the end
the red somnambulist slips on iced misgivings"
Complete poem was amazing. I did like the above lines. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

Posted 5 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

5 Years Ago

thank you for your kind words, Coyote.
j.
Coyote Poetry

5 Years Ago

You are welcome my friend.

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jacob erin-cilberto

Carbondale, IL



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Originally from Bronx, NY, I live in Carbondale, Illinois...teach English at a community college and have been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. I am here to read for inspiration from other po.. more..

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