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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

I ONLY HAVE A MOMENT

"No, I don’t think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how." – Gone with the Wind


I Only Have a Moment.

In this moment, I feel
the hum of a voice
coming over the
airport speaker,
the passing of a car
engine finding some
other destination,
the distance of a raindrop
pining for a windowpane, all
on a balmy Tuesday morning.
I only have a moment more to
explain the reason I have
for loving you—once I took
you into my sheltered heart,
deep inside the core of my soul,
embedded into the marrow of my bones,
released into the exhale of my breath.
There I felt the expansive
mission of a snowflake,
the trilogy of a scar,
the rummaging of a
tattered belted heart, all
lost to cryptic tunnels
of the obscure past.
I only have a moment to explain
the reasons for leaving you…
TJKG

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18 comments:

  1. mission of a snowflake,
    the trilogy of a scar,
    the rummaging of a
    tattered belted heart, all
    lost to cryptic tunnels
    of the obscure past.....love how you describe the feeling in that....and what a quick turn in the end as well to reasons for leaving...really cool approach in your piece....from the rain to the relationship, to snow and leaving....nice

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  2. "There I felt the expansive
    mission of a snowflake"

    LOVED this part. What a beautiful poem.

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  3. oh heck..i didn't expect the turn in the end.. maybe sometimes love makes us so vulnerable that there's no way we can go on at a certain point..

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  4. Yet there was still a goodbye at the airport -- maybe coming back?

    Doesn't sound permanent.
    3 scars maybe weren't enough.
    No strong message given to the lover.

    I actually wondered, "Is this goodbye?"

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  5. Wow, that ending took me by surprise....but then again, that is what good poetry does!

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  6. oh dear, that hurts somehow... but i love your poem, so beautifully written

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  7. Tunnels of the past hold many minotaurs, but the beauty of a moment is its passing and the infinite moments to come

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  8. This was masterful,

    "There I felt the expansive
    mission of a snowflake,
    the trilogy of a scar,
    the rummaging of a
    tattered belted heart, all
    lost to cryptic tunnels
    of the obscure past."

    And then the turn at the end, a real kick. Didn't see it coming.

    A strong, resonant poem.- Mosk

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  9. Very clever and well written transitions. Rain to snow, love to leaving. Excellente! Enjoyed the voice. It reads very good out loud.

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  10. Tracy, this was heartbreaking. I didn't see that ending coming either, nice sounds in this as well.

    Pamela

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  11. This one got to me in a subtle way where sadness arrived in an unidentifiable form. A very effective poem.

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  12. I think there was something in first set of lines that foreshadowed the ending, but still you drew me in so sweetly with your reasons for loving; it was really beautiful.

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  13. I could feel the end coming and could tell it was a tough journey but you handled it grandly..excellent poem, if sad ;)

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  14. The images go straight to the heart. Exquisite work.

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    1. In this moment, I deeply feel this. Thank you.

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