but now...

anonymous
anonymous Posts: 21
edited June 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
look at the happy couple holding hands
and smiling and braving the face of reality
the truth ends at the shoulder
and is told in the heart
which is filled with sadness
because they cannot admit to themselves
that comfort becomes uncomfortable
when they are alone
with their own miseries face to face
the illusion becomes diluded by fear
the magic has been spent
and now he just wishes he could disappear
I remain,
anonymous
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Beautiful. It reminds me in places of WH Auden's "The Wanderer".
  • Nothingbetter
    Nothingbetter Wichita, KS Posts: 570
    That's excellent! I like the picture that comes to mind...as we've all known couples like this.

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  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    "empty stares from each corner of our shared prison cell" :)

    This was indeed, an excellent poem!
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen

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