Soothe like a drape of velvet flowing from a heart of love

Inspired by a review from Sheila K.

Soothe like a drape of velvet flowing from a heart of love

 

Inspired by Sheila K.

 

 

 

As you walked away,

I stood in the rain.

 

I remembered the words spoken in the silence of the night,

under the moonlights glow.

 

You walked away from my heart,

you walked away from our love.

 

Into the sunset you did ride,

and yet a tailed sigh of what could have been,

lingered in your eyes as a single tear caressed your cheek,

and fell to the ground next to mine.

 

The cantina now closed,

the hearts all have gone to sleep,

save for the one that sits in candle light.

 

The whiskey bottle open, pouring the last of love into a glass,

that should never have been filled on that fateful night.

 

Your words linger on its rim…

I will always love you as a friend.

 

I sip down the last drop of love you left me.

Slowly the gun is drawn from the table it rested on,

the hammer is cocked,

the trigger is pulled.

 

The last love known on that night,

was the taste of whiskey and powder,

this is how it must be.

 

Now the drape of velvet flowing from a heart of love,

has lined in his casket.

 

With 12 words spoken in silence…

Soothe like a drape of velvet flowing from a heart of love.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Wow, wow, wow. Another powerful one Ron. From the title to many many lines within the poem, this has wonderful word usage.

[ron]

Aww thank you KL. Sheila told me this line and I asked if I could use it in a poem :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

"I will always love you as a friend." Those words have broken many a heart.Wonderful pen Red :)

[ron]

Thank you Vidya. Yes those words have broken many a heart.

[Vidya Bacchus]

They should be banned.The words I mean lol

[ron]

Maybe...:)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Surely ...lol

[Sheila Kline]

OMG Ron, I am absolutely astounded with the poem you have written inspired by words of mine.........it is perfect, heartbreaking, creative as you have used the words to become the velvet that rests now as a drape in his coffin because of a love that was not meant to be. You have certainly impressed me! The level of emotion and the melancholy that oozes from each line is enough to bring tears to my eyes!!

[ron]

Thank you Sheila.
Your words are more than I deserve, I only used the song to help. It was the song more than my words that wrote what I had felt.