some echoes don't come back

some echoes don't come back

in the contrary silence

I wait 

listening attentively

for the sound of you

the phone rests in its cradle like a sleeping infant

my heart cringes at the wails my contemplation makes

in the contrary silence

a mute battle rages

your voice an old echo

but i can only imagine

words forming from your dissension

the burden of friendship on me now

you have let go

leaving the contrary silence

to argue with itself,

and me to listen 

with half a heartbeat...

erin-cilberto

9/12/19

Reviews

[Lorry]

Perfectly titled Jacob. This brought memories of those hollow aches that thud without echo, yet still reverberate when tethers of love and/or friendship are cut.
There is nothing left to say of the last verse, other than exceptional. Perfectly tying up your piece, yet leaving the reader it is continuing in that silence.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Lorry,
j.

[andrew mitchell]

How apt! Yes some echoes don’t come back. Nice one J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, andrew.
j.

[kentuck14]

Love that 5th line . . . can love simply fade to friendship without it being tainted in some way!?
T

[jacob erin-cilberto]

good point, my friend...thank you
j.

[kitty]

Losing a friendship/a love is sometimes the hardest pill to swallow but we have to accept certain situations in life in order to survive, with a healthy mind. It 'pains' and you will feel 'lost' the best of times but we have to play the survival game and move on. Excellent write. thank you for sharing

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, kitty,
j.

[kitty]

Always welcome!

[Lydia Shutter]

Watching the telephone...willing it to ring.....I have been there. The silence is deafening....and then perhaps we pick up the receiver to see if the phone is working. If a friendship is one-sided, it is not truly a friendship, is it? Jacob, I always enjoy your poetry and I apologize for not reading it more regularly. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i always appreciate your visits when you can come over to my page, Lydi...
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Half a heart beat may be
a heart murmur... listen to the
blues and remember...
true love lingers...
as ever, Pat

[Dave Brown]

I have been lucky but I wonder about the world of relationships
Too many seem to go too easily awry.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so true, Dave...thank you for your visit and comment,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

You are hoping that she can contact you again, at least for the sake of friendship. You are listening and waiting, but she rewards you with silence. Sometimes we have to let go even though it nearly kills us. Look after your heart. Half a heart is better than none.That's where you took me Jacob.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Chris,
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I often find myself breathless at your incisive expressions and your constant high quality descriptions of life and love and angst in verse Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, John,
j.