Los Echoes

Los Echoes

 

We don’t

need a reason, do we

and just because we can

it doesn’t mean we have to, does it

Here though

as I lay anticipating angels

with you

in another room, entertaining them

 

All those

days of ours mean nothing

do they

and are now just lost moments in time

 

And since

I am nothing and no-one

I can pretend I am free without guilt

We just don’t need any reason at all, do we …

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Echoes of sadness resound through these lines. Your final stanza, for someone to feel as though they are nothing, a no one, in a relationship, is surely a lonely place to be. In those circumstances, there are choices. Guilt is not easy to live with. Angels are very understanding.

Chris

[Neville]

sometimes my imagination gets the better of me and then the pen takes over .... bless ya our Chris
:)

[Chris Shaw]

Oh yes, the imagination in full flight for the writer. The reader takes the words reads them and then waits for how they impact on the emotions. No two people will ever read the same lines and come to the same conclusion. That is the wonderful thing about poetry., how it can mean different things to different readers. Thank you Neville for sharing your poetry here with us.

Chris

[AJNJ]

There's so much guilt for every relationship that dies, literally and figuratively. The burden of guilt never lessens and only gets heavier with time. So its great to be able to, if only for a moment, let go of the load and breathe guilt-free. Like a wayfarer casting off his heavy load on a long trek and giving his tired shoulders a rest. Very relatable, sir.

[Neville]

Thank you AJ .. much appreciated my friend ..

[AJNJ]

Welcome dear sir! 🤗

[jacob erin-cilberto]

my dad and i were so close...and yet I have moments of guilt that in the later years I just didn't do enough...he is with those angels in another room...
I relate to this poem on such a personal level...thank you for this write, Neville...
j.

[Neville]

my dear jacob, it seems we had a similar relationship with our respective fathers & similar transitory feelings of guilt since their passing .. I so appreciate your visiting these words and your comment means so much .. thank you my friend.

N.