Past Tense

Past Tense

 

 

raindrops dried up

but the teardrops kept falling

 

flooded memories

roads to contentment

at impasse

 

kerchief canoe

oar absent

truant love

 

deserted heart

abides

 

but the teardrops kept falling

even during the drought

of derided emotion.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/29/19

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

" derided emotion" How those words bite! We all want validation our words, feelings and lives have meaning. If we can't find that validation where we want maybe it's best to find it where we may. Either way, "there ain't no future living in the past". I enjoyed the read Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Fabian...cute daughter...
j.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Thank you so much. She's like a rose blooming in winter to both her mother and me. Just a constant source of beauty and joy.

[R.E. Ray]

A flood of emotions, sometimes toxic water, too. If we don’t find higher ground, we’ll risk drowning in our own pity—so I’ve found. Past tense is the best way to move on, fleeing to the present.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, i agree..thank you for your words, R.E.
j.

[MissEnigmas]

Isn't interesting how one emotion ends, but another emotion always takes its place? Which emotion lasted longer, the love. or the scars of love? Well my friend, you are not in an empty canoe.

MissE*

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, MissE,
j.

[andrew mitchell]

While the weather comes and goes the scars of a broken heart remain.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, andrew,
j.

[Lorry]

Past and future seperated by an impenetrable wall, dividing black and white, while the only colour of any description is the memories and what ifs playing on eternal loop within your aching mind.
Derided emotion is a fitting end Jacob. I have felt that one.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Lorry,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Did the grey day and rainfall conjure up negative emotions from the past? Lost love, broken heart and a reminder of all those tears once shed? The tears might have dried up now but the memories still flood back. That's where your lines took me Jacob.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Chris...
j.