Oh, indeed it'd easier to abdicate
And walk out into exile in a cove of silence
Than to raise a bridge of words
And steal over the ocean of your indifference.
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leave it to an architect to sneak in the word cove! ! ! i might use into a cove, but i'm me and you is you! ! hee-hee. favorite phrase: ocean of your indifference.** ** [[in my four marriages, i may have sailed a few of those! ]] (to be continued) ..............
Heartfelt, deep thoughts, and beautiful rendition of words. A very passionate poem. Thanks for sharing Rod.
Thanks Chinedu. An attempt to push the use of metaphors to the very limit where, perhaps, it begins to backfire a bit! Treading on thin ice there!
This is much to my liking. Indeed, it's off to my favourites' list. Fine metaphor and a good rhythm.
Well, my friend, sure glad to be able to move a fine poet to make a comment like yours. Perhaps poetry is not such a waste of time!
a REAL man is never, ever: penitent, OR repentant, contrite, remorseful, sorry, apologetic, regretful, conscience-stricken, rueful, ashamed, shamefaced, abject, ...........................IS THAT why i've been divorced three times? ...............or was it four? ? ! to MyPoemList.................. bri ;)