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"How The First Counts"

Poem By: EtherealleSeraphynne
Poetry


Hurt can bring you back to that first heartbreaker. View table of contents...

 

Submitted: May 20, 2008    Reads: 21    Comments: 2    Likes: 1   


By no means do I think of you any longer.

Not at all.

Usually,

when your name comes up,

it is within the context of a jest.

A tale about past romantic failures,

the lists of inadequacies

astonishing.

Stopping to truly give it thought,

any reason to ever speak of you

is done in passing.

A link to a very good lesson learned:

to not trust sweet, lying words.

Lately though,

dwelling on

le chagrin du moment,

a solitary thought of you had occurred.

Perhaps

because for months and months

I thought of nothing but him

until I could bear it no longer,

as respite

I may have pulled you

out of random memories.

Maybe

I still care enough

to find reasons not to lay even

a bit of blame on him

yet still feel the intense need to lay

the guilt and anger elsewhere--

the more "worthy" the candidate, the better.

You fit the bill to a T.


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Comments:

I am amazed this has escaped (as some do, just so much to read on "booksie") without a comment yet. I love the way you have pulled out a "past" hurt to make the current one less intense (I sense still a sense of not being out of love with the most recent heartbreaker?) and expressed that in a poem. It is nicely written and easy to relate to.

Posted: May 20, 2008

Author Comment:

Thank you so much, Anna Therese. I'm pleased you could relate.

I am compelled to point out that as a writer I would probably edit the "I sense still a sense..) Ouch!
Another chance for me to say yours is a very nicely written poem.

Posted: May 20, 2008

Author Comment:

Oops, did I typo somewhere? Thanks for the catch!



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