Everything simplifies--
Even the hardest truths...
Given time.
Do I have to kill
The darlings of my heart?
I don't want to.
That's why I have caressed the closing door
Long and lingeringly...
Wishing for a single moment more.
In August of 1814,
At three-thirty in the afternoon,
High winds were followed by a rain of frogs;
And so even the most unlikely events
Can occur at intervals.
I don't believe in these things--
Mermaids,
True love,
Future happiness...
But I admit that I have seen,
On wet afternoons,
How two drops close together on the pane, tend to run
Together and become
One.
_______
But True Love is real. It is extremely elusive, no doubt, but very real.
ReplyDeleteWhat is an alfie poem?
ReplyDeletedo i hear hope in this cynicism?
ReplyDeleteIs it, Mac? I hope you are right. Thanks for stopping by, as always. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Twin! An alfie poem is one that asks "What's it all about?", after the song of the same name, which came from the movie of the same name.
Yes, Kay. Busted. It must be because I haven't had my coffee yet.
Two drops can become one but it's never like in the fairy tales.
ReplyDeleteand btw, is that frog peeing as it jumps?
This one touches me deeply and I cant put into words why .. but thank you, dear Shay xo
ReplyDeletei do think there is hope in the drops finding their way togethr down the window...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Excellent 55.
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Wow.That was wonderfully written.
ReplyDeleteAnd I like that frog image.
Ellen made me giggle and lose my train of thought.
ReplyDeleteWow, Shay.
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeleteIt is real.
I've seen,
tasted,
smelled,
and felt it.
I think, sometimes, I possess it.
....I wish it possessed me.
Hey My Lady goddess... This is fabulous...those drops oh those drops!
ReplyDeletePS I must apologize for reading your mails! but I can't help it...They are such an ispiration! LOL
Love you, woman.
Oh, believe in True Love. The world would be too sad without it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem.
"That's why I have caressed the closing door
ReplyDeleteLong and lingeringly...
Wishing for a single moment more."
Now I understand.