stepladders and fear of heights

stepladders and fear of heights

 

 

 

 

it flared like bell-bottom jeans

at a sixties love feast

 

freedom to smile

to touch

in conversation

 

like a drug, her voice

intimating i would get high on the sound

capture an old intimacy

find my way back

 

injection, rejection, projection

a heart riddled

mends

from dead ends

then new roads

 

love sits in a cupboard

like some can of cream corn

that never spoils, just waits

to be opened

consumed

a taste of something older, becoming something young again.

 

 

erin-cilberto

6/24/2022

Reviews

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Very wonderfully powerful and meditatively contemplative in thinking of life, al it has been, and all that it could well be, yet, one more time, before that end that we shall both come to know, my friend ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Marve,
j.

[Temperance]

Love the last line! Hearts do mend and we need to be open for new loves to come into our life. Open that can!! Great read! Temp

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Temp,
j.

[Temperance]

You’re welcome

[Chris Shaw]

Love that final stanza. It's all in the cupboard of life. Yes, there to be consumed when you are ready to do so. Never too late J.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Chris, appreciate your visit and words,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Wow! We all have those Cans in ou Cub-bard... mine are expired.
I had my best Meal when I was 72... now I eat my veggies fresh and make homemade Soup with Imagination and Herbs... a bit of fresh Ginger ... and always carrots and celery with cabbage and potatoes and tender onions.
Fresh Spring Water and Cauliflower. Fresh tomatoes at the end to simply simmer for a while. gently, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so this year I can expect my best meal?
I am game.
thank you, Pat...I just love all the ingredients in your soup.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Of course... Roger likes some tender Beef which is difficult to trust and find, but I try. Mainly, we have a good breakfast with Hickory smoked Bacon that I get at the Deli in Wegmans. I buy it a pound at a time sliced thin. We have Bread freshly made at Wegmans with bits of Cranberry and Dates, and of course scrambled Eggs with Cream added. It gets you off to a good Start. Freshly made Starbucks French Coffee hits the Spot. I feel like a Pop-Up Cook in a Cook Book. Pat

[supernova_thoughts]

Young love fresh and bright
Old love mature and right!
Anyways all is good
When it comes to Love☘️☘️

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I appreciate your visit and words, supernova.
j.

[supernova_thoughts]

You're welcome!

[W. Barrett Munn]

Awesome, J. Reminds me so much of Leonard Cohen in diction. Have you made or published a chapbook?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for that comparison, Winston...even though Leonard Cohen I am not.
j.