the record still plays

the record still plays

 

 

there will be no dance

this moonlit night is full of awkward shadows

and uncertainty of spirit

 

love feels unease

arms hold vaguely

there is distance when eyes meet

congruent steps 

are out of balance

 

I read "how to" books

on approach

but cannot encroach

just listen to the rhythm of her breath

like a soft poem

 

it reads to my heart

but the shadows

that come from the moon

or me

dissent

 

my mind moves to a certain beat

of her

I back away from her music

 

I don't understand the lyrics

cower with misinterpretation

of her song

 

that present is now past

I still feel her beat

my memory, my heart

her heart

the chance to dance and be one

 

materialized like a mirage

and was gone before 

I could take her hand

and whisper the name of the song

into her lovely ear.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/30/22

Reviews

[Ladysue]

Great title.. beautiful and genuine..loved the line material like a mirage.. you captured the feeling brilliantly..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Ladysue,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

"Play it again Sam"... was that in Casablanca... "We'll always have Paris"...
Beautiful and Sentimental ... like you Poetry. truly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, close...Rick actually said
Go ahead and play it, Sam, if she can take it, so can I ."read moreYes, close...Rick actually said
Go ahead and play it, Sam, if she can take it, so can I ."
wonderful movie...
thank you for your kind words,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Yes, now I remember… in the end… “is what we all have to accept”… the fact that we each need to do what helps others the most “for the cause”. Be blessed. Pat

[Vertigo Cat1111]

‘there will be no dance, this moonlit night is full of awkward shadows, and uncertainty of spirit’
This poem is like a haunting cautionary tale. Whatever we’re trying to approach here, it’s sensitive. The ending of a relationship when love is still there, is what I felt. The distance and how it hurts to even when you know in your heart of hearts, it’s over. ‘Materialized like a mirage’ is an absolutely brilliant line. It’s poetic and so fitting with this. It hardly felt real and it was gone before you even really got to touch it. Thank you for sharing!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your comprehensive review, Vertigo.
j.