When someone's memory is your stage,
you would speak to yourself; "the shadow of your smile when you are gone"
from the Movie 'Sandpiper'. 'would brighten all my days and all my nights"...
so sad, but so romantic, as are your words. gently, Pat
You wouldn't be holding a skull ... would you? Staring into empty sockets remembering the eyes that once dwelt there.
Your soliloquy is brief but powerfully stated.
Posted 5 Years Ago
5 Years Ago
Alas poor yorick....I knew him Horatio!
Thank you for that vision, Ted,
j.
You take Shakespeare and trim his tongue with ferocious fervour. Pack so much into a handkerchief of a postage stamp poem and yet not one word of waste. Indeed you invoke a picture of deep sadness as the protagonist recalls moments now lost.
Originally from Bronx, NY, I live in Carbondale, Illinois...teach English at a community college and have been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. I am here to read for inspiration from other po.. more..