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His lips  

senfully 55F  
618 posts
1/3/2021 7:37 am
His lips

His lips
written January 1st, 2021

The formal farewell committee
is with me at the airport seeing
me off for my return flight home.

I told him not to come
that there would be no hiding
love breaking my young heart.

He comes anyway
love pulling
us relentlessly together.

The boarding call wrenching
me away from him and over the ocean
to the life intended for me.

A lifetime later
he can't stop love pulling
him towards the ocean.

He stands at the shore looking
back at our love
across the water with me.

I watch him turn away
with a smile on his lips
that no one knows.

senfully 55F  
443 posts
1/3/2021 7:41 am

 I read a poem about a relationship ending. It made me think of my first love so many years ago when I was an exchange student. This memory now, is not as sad as it once was, but is bittersweet. The result is not tears, but a smile.

I also wanted to play a little bit with line breaks. The -ing verbs aren't really a rhyme, but I did drive myself crazy trying to fit them in at the ends of some lines.


senfully 55F  
443 posts
1/3/2021 7:44 am

 A few lines from the inspiring poem:

Times like this, by Richard Jones, in the anthology Gift of Tongues

"I see she's gone for good.
I count the minutes,
the bricks in the wall,
the money I'll need next week,
the children we won't have.
This small garden
is the perfect size
for my angry heart,
for all the dark words
that created this silence,
for the emptiness
which will survive
in the solitude of desire,
and for the rough grace
which illuminates the soul
poised between love and nothing."


kamaruhl3 63M
4985 posts
1/23/2021 6:44 pm

 this is senuous. may i join your book club


senfully replies on 1/25/2021 9:19 pm:
Of course. It's not very active, but I do try to check now and then. Just search in groups for "book group".

kamaruhl3 63M
4985 posts
2/2/2021 9:58 am

 i reread this and it is so loving . thank you for letting us into your soul


senfully replies on 2/3/2021 6:00 am:
Thank you. This is one of my favorite poems. It was my first love, 35 years ago now. Have a good day! Hugs!

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