A World of Her Own

Just a little ditty.

A World of Her Own

Her hair smelled like the Wyoming sunshine

He asked her where she'd been

Through her new found lover's aura

She whispered, "just out"

He hung his head in deep despair

Wondering what kind of man could let her go

She placed her hand on the back of his neck

She whispered, "we're fine"

She took him ever so lightly

To a place behind the alfalfa fields,

Next to the cottonwood stump

Beneath the lilac bush

There, in the hollow of a furled elm leaf

Existed an entire world, albeit small

Everything a world should have, existed there

And primarily love

She smiled at him and held his hand

And watched as the world, her world, ebbed and flowed

And then, when it was time to go

She whispered, "pure joy"

The next week after the last of the cameras had left

The little world was dead and gone

Crushed beneath the big worlds prying eyes, he invited

She whispered, "I'll die"

There are places in this world 

That exist for the hearts of the worthy

There are places in this world

That are not meant for you

Author's Note

thanks.

Reviews

[Kerry O'Connor]

I've read this poem before, and it kind of leaves me at a loss for words (probably why I haven't reviewed it before). There are so many layers of meaning, within the words and within the emotions, that I'm reeling by the end. I wonder if this woman has perfected the art of loving two men at the same time, albeit in different ways and in different spaces; and I wonder at the exposure at the end of the perfect place for lovers, and things intended to be secret being displayed to the world's prying eyes... Then the final cryptic stanza.

I would love to know where this idea came from; there's sure to be a story behind it.

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

How many lives can we lead without anyone seeing us....not as many as we can die in with nobody looking.

[Eva]

A beautiful piece with amazing imagery. It is something that is felt as well as read. You have a way with words.

[roarke]

your welcome.

[Nothing Personal]

Oh unbelievably good. This is exactly the kind of poetry that gets my blood all rising ( not in the classical way but like being ecstatic). This is fabulous. There is just too many good things to say about this poem..Let me try. The details..the details are worthy of a writer's observed world and the small niches and corners that exist there which make the world a lovely place to live on..The fact that she only whispers and that too mostly two words..tells a million things about her nature, about she being someone so soft, so warm, so soothing, so full of everything that I fail miserably to describe her..
the 'pure joy' moment-- I had pure joy too..it's only because of your writing, your well constructed journey which I undertook to be amazed in wonder..

we try to change these little corners, these little bouts of emotions and we screw everything up..Oh, this one's a real treat, a real eye opener , a real panorama of constricted vision which one would want to see, the window I never had in my house to look out into this world..Thanks with the poem. A Million thanks..I am putting it in my favorite :-)

[Bette]

deep, i could take this a few ways, you did wonderful painting this picrture for your readers.

[Poetic Beauty]

I love the last stanza most of all and the imagery is amazingly done. It painted a clear picture of the scenery. It was like spying on a private moment between two people. Great work.

[Tony]

This is even worse than;
... we will always be Friends....right?....
If I start feeling lonely and begin to entertain thoughts of a significant other, I will use something from the romances of Crowley's Page to give me the stinging slap of reality...

No, thank You!

[Siddhartha]

A wonderfully crafted poem...the structure is outstanding...the humour deprecating and witty...And the ending...Oh, the ending is as much an anti-climax as it is killer....You are spot-on...

[OT]

o wonderful! so very poetic!! you and your words! you like to tease :p!!! brilliant as ways!

[Leefi]

Captivating, I read it a few times. I'm also curious about the back story.