severed ties and blue wheels

severed ties and blue wheels

evidently misrepresented

family is an integrated 

sum of parts

she rises in the southeast of disinheritance

where love was willed away to bleak encounter

I saw her yesterday, from a welcomed distance

a disfigurement of love

a resin in the sun of endearment

mountains between what might have been

volcanic apathy

spills

no heart in the matter

anymore, love found its way further east

towards shadows

your presence dissipates

I am driving west of you

the Pacific Ocean

will be the resting place

of what feelings

I have left in a glove box

with no prints.

erin-cilberto

4/9/22

Reviews

[Patricia]

Distance and more distance, it has a way of growing until you feel nothing, seems wrong but it’s not, it’s actually very natural, sad but even that fades in the distance, relatable

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your understanding review, Patricia,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

What once was, is no more. A sad reality which causes hurt. The great divide is still there. Sad poem J.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Chris,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Wow... you have loved deeply... like Pearls in the Ocean tossed on the Beach of Yesterday. There must be a place to Retire where Mangoes and Coconuts are in good supply-- and the Seagulls dream on Tropical Isles...
gently, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Pat,
j.

[JE Falcon]

Wooo, --- "I saw her yesterday, from a welcomed distance /// a disfigurement of love" --- Love this vision!
As for the rest of the poem, I read it, again, and again, and again. ... :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, JE,
j.

[DIVYA]

The poem speaks to me of vast, impossible distances between two once close. A disfigurement of love sounds sad and unsightly. This can be such an emotional moment. In a way, a closure. I can feel the evaporation of feelings.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I appreciate your words, DIVYA,
j.