shedding replicas of old lovers

shedding replicas of old lovers

 

 

folds of empty skin

Blue feelings

the largest organ is not the heart

 

but the heart breaks the hardest

the puncture bleeds the longest

 

and the skin is tattooed permanently 

with drained color

 

blue to gray to black

the screen goes blank

the film is over

 

dry eyes leave the theater

all the tears expended

and the artist

 

leaves lines like poetry

all over the body

to be read

 

at the heart's end.

 

 

3/25/24

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Tattooed are the failures and highlights, they are never removed from the mind. Great read his.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, andrew,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Yes Jacob. We can find dead ends.
"blue to gray to black
the screen goes blank
the film is over"
I feel somedays. Just waiting for the end. Thank you my friend for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your review, Coyote,
j.

[mabel mae]

this reminds me of some time ago. leave lines like poetry all over the body. could this possibly mean veins or something bigger, something more familiar, like memories painted on bodies. the deepest tattoos are the ones people put on your heart.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, those are the deepest...
thank you, mabel.
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

when you are aching from pain, it is in the heart that one feels it the most....we use the word heart-breaking and it's a good metaphor for what we honestly feel.... when we lose someone we love the heart bleeds it is so hurtful...it's like one dies and came back to life, grieving, of course
very descriptive J
Warmly, B

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your very kind review, Betty,
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

You’re very welcome j
Warmly, B

[Poetic Beauty]

The loss of love is a powerful thing that leaves imprints on our hearts. We learn and grow from the loss of love. We weep and have sorrowful hearts that shatter and we glue them back together but they are never quite the same as before.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful response,
j.

[Desert Knave]

Nothing like the scars of love to remind you what life is about. Well done. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Jim....
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob... we are born innately with Love to be cherished... and passed on.
It is difficult to be Strong; however we can Catch a Falling Star. Softly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Pat...
j.

[Anita Frader]

Heart break leaves a permanent mark. There is much pain here

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Appreciate your words, Anita,
j.

[Thomas W Case]

Tremendous work. Truly poetic work with powerful imagery.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your words, Thomas,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

The film is over; let us exit the theater with sad aftermath of the plot. The scene is leaving emotional scars. The screen is blank and lifeless.
Wow!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like your words better than the ones in the poem.
Thank you, Sami,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe. You are welcome sir Jacob.