disembark

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  • Lost Love

    disembark

    can the churning wheels of a bus
    deliver me away from that which has lent me to cry so long
    and so keening?
    How many transfers have i sat through
    ticket in my pocket
    perched on shoddy luggage
    anticipating release

    only to find the same sorrow
    taking the seat next to mine
    i beseach you
    quit following me

    don't i deserve escape
    from unrequited, defeated love

    I want to ride away from this terminal
    a lone passenger
    disembark
    come to rest in the greeting
    of fresh clean love
    shuck off the stench
    of stale traveling companions

    i want to be forgiven for keeping
    such negligent company

    now boarding at gate 7


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    bklynrizz commented on disembark

    11-27-2009

    Nice poem. I agree with hx, a good allegory. You can run but you can't hide.

    Span commented on disembark

    10-06-2009

    Very good, I took gate 7 with you and found it quite fascinating to say the least, pulled me in you did and now I think I understand the more of you I did not. well written.

    jak commented on disembark

    07-13-2009

    keening. yes. fresh imagery. a few overstatements: unrequited defeated fresh clean love. needs a little tightening. good tho.

    hx commented on disembark

    11-25-2008

    Nice allegory. Beautiful language. Great work.

    jude commented on disembark

    11-19-2008

    Beautiful Brenda

    Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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