north wind

north wind

 

 

 

deep freeze wailing

sub zero moans

in blue passion waves

that stall, and still

and chill what was once

a fabled flow of fractured love

 

now an immovable force

fending off the boredom

the ennui 

of prologues

better left unexpressed

 

the pages blank

as the feelings typed

with fingers of a frostbitten heart.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/25/19

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Extreme cold weather up your way, saw images of Chicago. Equally we are experiencing a heat wave having had 47.7C in Adelaide.How the winds of change be it cold change the axis of the affairs of the heart.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, andrew,
j.

[Dave]

Watching the weather reports it's easy to see that you certainly know the affects of the North wind on the body. You speak of the it's effect on the heart, in love. How shattering to feel the icy chill of love gone and lost forever. I can feel the angst in this piece, good write.

Take care - Dave

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your read and words, Dave.
some around here in Southern Illinois aren't familiar with real cold...up by Chicago when i lived there...that was cold...the lake winds...and in NY we were pretty cold there too...
again, thanks for your response.
j.

[redzone]

love often goes from tropical heat to a winter vortex with artic winds, turning everything it touches into icy blocks.... but then, lost love doesn't really need a northern wind to leave frostbitten hearts

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Curt.
j.

[h d e rushin]

the analogy of the north wind should be on a giant billboard above all the divorce courts in America. It is not the design of the court system to mitigate tribalism. Love can change very quickly into something that resembles hatred, yet it never is really hatred, no more than the cat "hates" when the mouse enters the bedroom. I think the bible says that if a man finds a wife he finds a good thing? And I guess the writers of this passage had the frankable subtlety and the advantage of writing that 2000 years ago. If it's instinct to love it is also instinct to fall out of love....Great analogy...dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really appreciate your insights, dana...
thank you,
j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

As for this relationship, all roads to love seem dangerously iced and heavily snow-laden.
Come Spring thaw, both will have forgotten the way.
Amazingly portrayed, Jacob!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Jimmy,
j.

[gabrielle]

Our heart sometimes turn into stone when we get traumatized. What a wonderful way of using the weather as an inspiration .

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, gabrielle.
nice to see you again...
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

We know the feeling of this poem in Michigan. 0 degree plus the wind factor. Good day to stay in the house. Thank you Jacob for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Coyote,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Jacob.

[LazerRays]

What a heartbreak. This is incredibly detailed in range of going cold! Wow!!!!!! Impressive!!! I love the cold a lot so this kinda is a win win read for me ;) I find your poem really truthful and something a lot of people can connect with. :D

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Sarah.
j.

[Cherrie Palmer]

I hate it when Winter freezes out the warmth. That
wailing North Wind is no lover and even Spring has a difficult time thawing that frozen heart

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Cherrie,
j.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Your winter poem was really good

[Chris Shaw]

Aw these lines are cold. Not an ounce of warmth there. What's needed is a tsunami of love. That will melt the frost.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, yes...thank you, Chris.
j.