Three
by David James
Revocable Love
It was easy lying there with
My head on her left breast
Listening to the strong
Business-like beating of
Her heart.
She looked down and said
Quietly, I told you my love
Was revocable. I give it
To many men and then I take
It back.
The Undoing
Me, my crowbar eyes trying to pry love from your staring face,.
And failing.
You, your gaze of disinterest covering the room with a gauze,
And prevailing.
Me, my long ago stories you said you were so tired of hearing,
My mistake.
You, your countless confessions you told me later not to believe,
Always crying.
Us, our lives frayed before each other did not seem to matter,
Until now.
Us, unmasking our differences day by day with the end seeping,
Into sight.
Night Talk
She said, "tonight let's talk of things untrue."
He said, “ like black is white and night is day
And up is down and in is out?”
She said, "yeah, things like that.
Those things we know false for sure.
Things like... well,
You could say, 'I really love you.'"
And I could say, "Yes, I know you do."
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Yes, David. These three work.
what is really great to me, apart from how well they are written, is how they work together on the page. very much like the way it feels one rolling right after the other.
David, these are really good pieces of poetry--though I'm admittedly not expert on the form. But I love what's unsaid between the lines as well as the emotion one can bring to it. Nice.
Thanks for your kind comments.
Awesome trio - they belong together.
"Business-like beating of
Her heart"
the above words are so very original and telling and true (the way things of genius are of genius because we all know them but never had the words to say them)--yes, it is "business-like"--it certainly can be--this is an excellent trilogy of writing *
These three work in great harmony to show the strange strangeness that relationships can be, the unspoken distance always there, even in the best ones. Great stuff.