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Wish-fulfilling Jewels

Your green eyes betray your mouth,
my old love,
you say you are not lonely and you are
happy to live alone again
you say you don't need anyone to make
you whole, neither do I, perhaps you've
just forgotten, perhaps you never understood

my wedding band
is a golden crown of thorns I haven't worn
for years, but I know with certainty that
love is not a jaded or angry face,

you say you're happy for me; my mind
catches sight of an old photo--
we were young and
filled with love and lust, maybe we mistook
one for the other, maybe lust is the balm
that unites all lovers, maybe time is the potion that
drinks us and severs its living fruit from the tree of life,
shadows from the yearning light

we are human wish-fulfilling jewels
lying scattered in open fields, waiting for a
hand that clasps us to a heart.

Last few words: 
For my x-husband, our son married last Saturday.
Editing stage: 

Comments

Bah! to me this exemplifies what free flowing verse is..i could sense the whole flash back play in rewind mode of a true story..a beautiful title too....

raj (sublime_ocean)

we are human wish-fulfilling jewels
lying scattered in open fields, waiting for a
hand that clasps us to a heart.

maybe time is the potion that
drinks us and severs its living fruit from the tree of life,
shadows from the yearning light

Amen and Awomen!

Great words of wise hearts and strong mind written in perfecto. Loved reading it.

Mona
xox

A~ this moved me deeply,
almost to the point where i could feel
my eyes fill

i've read it over and over, and am as
moved each time
wow...what did you tap into in me?

not often i'm left struggling for words enough to
articulate what i think/ feel about a write...but
i can't seen to clearly express what i want to say

beautiful, profound poetry, that resonates something inside

with admiration
p

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