frozen tundra meets the Bermuda Triangle

frozen tundra meets the Bermuda Triangle

 

 

 

it's ninety degrees outside

but below zero in my heart

 

deep freeze,

contains, retains

obtains 

a softening

a reckoning

a defrosting

 

it can move again

beat again

 

but also get devoured again

 

and eventually

disappear

freezer burns and all.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

12/21/19

Reviews

[PaintedBirdy]

love it. emotion is life. all things can change just like how all emotions can change. the devoured part rocked me. freezer burns is 'real'. right?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

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

[PaintedBirdy]

always welcome. you rock.

[DIVYA]

Perhaps the ice is too thickly laid to thaw ever again...It happens...over the years, with each failure, each devouring and then comes a time when we cannot handle the uncertainty of another exposure any more. Very fresh and interesting metaphors there, Jacob. Much appreciated.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, DIVYA....
j.

[redzone]

another very enjoyable poem Jacob.... I like the tundra/Bermuda triangle metaphor, appropriate I think for the way we often face falling in and out of love.... but I have decided to skip both of these places and just go off to some jungle where my heart can be eaten once and for all by alligators or is that allegories I always confuse the two... anywhooo, Jacob, I think you need a big sign that reads Beware: Deep Freeze Ahead... I don't need mine anymore....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

when allegories chomp on you...there are no remains left....they are neat....i was fishing in Trinidad and a Cayman was just 15 or so feet from me watching...but then that might have been an allegory...not sure.
thank you for your visit and the smile, Curt.
j.

[kentuck14]

To give our heart to another can be a risky business! Unfortunately, there are no guarantees.
T

[jacob erin-cilberto]

absolutely, no guarantees...
thank you, T.
j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

Not sure the heart can ever really "disappear."
It could, however, be temporarily placed in a sort of "witness protection program."
That fresh start will often heal the heart and renew the spirit.
Chillingly clever poem, J!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so is your reply..."witness protection Program"
that's a thought..
thank you, Jimmy...
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

The heart can only take so much burn it could be the most beautiful day and you feel cold frozen like ice. I love your write

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Julie,
j.

[---]

In the arctic, we measure temperature by Celsius.

And it's called frostbite, not freezer burn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC4eq5OFS-M

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the reference is a refrigerator reference, not an arctic reference, except in a very roundabout way.

[---]

Doesn't that imply that your heart is a forgotten piece of meat? And if so, why incopororate the tundra at all?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

appreciate what you are saying...the poem is figurative...thanks for the comments.
j.

[---]

I apologize for the hostillity in them - the link I left, of Arviat NU, is where I spent my childhood; the name I use on this site was given to me as a baby, and both westernization and western appropriation hasn't been kind to the people there.

I took insult because I felt there was ignorance in your figurations; which was unfair because you'd have no way of knowing.

The poem is well written, but the sentiment is appropriative. I should have made that clear from the onset and I hope you understand why I didn't.

-Ook

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I certainly do understand.
j.

[Ted Kniffen]

I have flown through the Bermuda Triangle and except for the third eye I developed I suffered no ill effects.
Heartburn on the other hand comes and goes...more often than we like...frosted over then thawed...the freeze/thaw effect can crack the stoutest heart.
Freezer burn plays havoc, does it not?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Ted,
j.

[Beccy]

We freeze, we thaw, we freeze, we thaw again; 'tis the nature of the beast is it not, hope springing eternal, salve to the wounds.

Life in indeed a Bermuda Triangle.

Beccy.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Beccy,
j.

[Fran Marie]

heartaches..heartbreaks. and yet the
best goes on..goes on ...nice one

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Fran...
j.