Seaglass Echoes

...because soul mates are forever - even when the echoes bounce right back ;-) *Random journal entry after a day on memory lane before a big life change. Not written for critique.

Seaglass Echoes

By Erin Lee

 

She turns her pain into glory

refusing to listen to echoes

built on silence on the other side

from a man who promised to be there.

Pick up the phone,

always care,

forever friends,

forever loves,

forever

 

feels just fine in the moment.

Until,

there is another

to promise forever to,

before,

echoes.

 

Her hair falls to the floor.

She turns the other way

forever more.

She turns her pain into glory,

unwilling to believe.

He received it but refused,

knowing what that would mean.

(Rather be confused)

 

She promised too

 

Where unconditional has “what’s ifs”

and “but’s”

and faulty kisses

 

her heart forever torn.

She picks up the pieces,

learning to stitch,

headed for a place

where echoes can’t reverberate.

 

No more

promises.

Heaven waits!

But

before she leaves,

she turns and

looks back

at the door.

Echoes

scattered

one,

two,

three,

across the sea

and a candle

that still flickers.

Heaven,

table for four.

 

Reviews

[Alessander]

Where unconditional has “what’s ifs”

Very much like this paradox. I also love the lines

scattered

one,

two,

three,

across the sea


and a candle

that still flickers.

I actually thought that would've been a perfect place to end it. The repetition of "forever" is also very effective in conveying a sense of yearning and anguish.

[LR]

I never realized that you could use echoes that amazing