Cut From the Vine

A relationship pruned alongside W.H. Auden, E.E. Cummings, and God.

You knew I was spiritual
You bought me a cross

You knew I liked to watch the credits roll
You waited patiently

You knew I liked poetry
You found me W.H. Auden

     [Stop all the clocks…give the dog a juicy bone
     …for nothing now can ever come to any good]

And then I married you

It was beautifully read
E.E. Cummings, how romantic

     [It was the root of the root and the bud of the bud
     … I Carry Your Heart, I Carry It In My Heart]

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I went to church                       
You said I was a freak

I waited for credits to roll
As you huffed impatiently

I starting writing
You didn’t understand why

We tried
We failed
Confused, weak, and unsure

For the love of 1st Corinthians 13:4
And all that rings true

     [Love is patient, love is kind…Love does not delight in evil,
     but rejoices with the truth.]

Love cannot grow in such tricked-out dirt
John the apostle tells us so in 15:1

      [We are the vines. God is the gardener. No branch can bear fruit by itself;

      it must remain on the vine…apart from God we can do nothing.]

I don’t have all the answers
I keep asking God
But one thing I know for sure…
We were pruned.


Little Mouse
August 19, 2007

Author's Note

[Indented passages in parts from W.H. Auden, E.E. Cummings, and The Bible (1 Corinthians 13:4 & John 15:1).]

Reviews

[Celtic Cat]

This is totally awesome. You speak of love as it usually looks. The little things we love at first turn into petty annoyances. Sad, but often true, or so I hear. And look at you with your excellent sources. Way to put icing on this sad pretty cake.

[Melanie Taylor]

awesome poem, really really great. I think you captured love perfectly.

[Star West]

t This is so awesome and I looked into your my space OMG your a beautiful little soul that what you are... you can sing little lady. I love music and I too love to sing your voice is very beautiful you are very tallented. God bless your little heart. this poem is so much like myself... I can relate to so many poems here but this one is alloat like me I was so into singing and writing but my ex I live with was so jelous of my work that I hide it for years and I still hide sometimes. I hide on the net I get on when he is at work lol. but anyhew, your so very tallented. love **STAR

[Rob Welch , Master Of P..]

I really loved this one. I like how you use different sources such as authors and the bible to relate to the situations you're going through. Excellent work. Keep it up!

[M Lamont]

Wow. This is really great. love the lifts from other works. And the end "We were prunned.", very nice!