On bed sleeping
On Bed Loving
On bed the greatest fulfillments
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Well, this is another wonder, most especially the last three lines: EMPTY SIDE OF THE BED EMPTY HEART IN LOVE EMPTY MEMORIES OF A DREAM.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! you took the words [that i couldn't put in words] right out of my mouth..[sorry Meatloaf, but did love that song] Well, if nothing else, one side of the temp-pedic will have a 40 instead of 20 year warrenty..~~~~~~~~~~~~love this Karina. ~~~~~~just me.x~~~~~~~~
A skilful depiction of two contradicting moments—those of fullness and emptiness, of presence and absence, of love and loss. The brevity of the poem intensifies the tension of the transition from one moment to the other, and the burdens of the journey between them.