Trial and Separation

Trial and Separation

 

 

heart cuffs,

restraints on love

I want to run free with you

but there are bars waiting to confine my trust

 

and because my past is a flight risk

there will be no bail set

 

Eros a tough judge

in this case.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/31/19

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

This very much reflects the saying "once bitten twice shy." AS always a polished performance J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words,
j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

Drowned my sorrows--and, pretty much, my life--using other kinds of bars.
What can one say regarding heartbreak?
Been there; been done by that.
Work that declares an honest, though, unsettling, truth.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Jimmy,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

If we have suffered in love and felt the real pain of break up, it makes us wary to love freely again without restriction. We build our own cage with its bars to hold us back to ensure we don't end up in the same place twice. Clever poem Jacob.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Chris.
j.

[R.E. Ray]

The mind cages the heart, and perhaps that's why we call it "heartbreak" when things go badly. And, that Judge Eros, what a harsh arbiter. One of your most clever word plays, J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, R.E.
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Trial by error, trial by judge and jury, trial by love's fire. What a concept you weave sir Jacob. I hope you don't go to prison and be confined by 4 walls. I'll tell you what. We, your admirers will bail you out. How about that? just kidding sir.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ha ha...thanks, Sami....
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Hahaha. You are welcome...

[Stella Armour]

i think the restraints are just a natural caution provided by Eros ..... ?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i think you may be right...Stella...

perhaps, yes.
thank you,
j.

[Robert Trakofler]

I wish I could get a trial by a jury of my peers but it seems all that I ever peer is way above my standing leaving me a very lousy jury:) I keep many lawyers on retainer

[jacob erin-cilberto]

clever reply, bunny...maybe we both need a recess..court is adjourned until tomorrow morning.
j.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

It's a beautiful thing when the heart opens and loves freely without hesitation. When we get burned, however, we feel as if we can't trust ourselves. We, therefore, close ourselves off from the opportunity to love again. We want to, open the window just a crack, dare to take a breath, and then SLAM! We shut it against ourselves. We don't want to be a flight risk for love when the landing can leave us broken. Beautiful, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful and kind review, Linda,
j.

[Dave]

I like this - reminds me of the limits we have and especially those we place on ourselves.

Take care - Dave

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and we place many...too often...thank you for your words, Dave,
j.

[Ted Kniffen]

Sometimes the trial comes but you are not allowed to call any witnesses ... you choose to represent yourself ... confirming the adage "you have a fool for a client".
In the end the jury is hung along with your hopes ... the cuffs are slapped on and the bars close in or close down and Eros closes the court.

I like this one quite a bit.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Ted,
and the smile with "a fool for a client" been that enough, for sure.
j.