the find

the find

 

archaic feelings

poems in hieroglyphics 

scrawled on the walls of my heart

sad stone souvenirs

 

she was an old flame

a candle I couldn't keep lit

a few stamps on an envelope

a goodbye airmailed over oceans

 

archaic feelings

the cave sheds tears

I saw her enter

I pause over words

 

still catch the candle's aroma

but love no longer

has a scent

it died centuries ago.

 

 

erin-cilberto

5/13/25

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I kept my love letters from my Army days. They make me smile.
(archaic feelings
the cave sheds tears
I saw her enter
I pause over words)
I did like the above lines. Archaic feeling and thoughts. We do know. Thank you Jacob for sharing the outstanding poetry. I did like this one.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, kindly, Coyote.
j.

[John the Baptist]

Sometimes old flames can be relit. This appears not to be one of those times. A chance encounter makes goodbye really final.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, John.
j.

[Desert Knave]

This definitely speaks to the poet in me who dives headlong into every potential "great love". ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Maybe we are all like Taylor Swift used to be...get into relationships so she could break up and then write songs about it.
j.

[DIVYA]

I felt as if I entered an ancient cave and smelt the millennia. That cave felt like the poet's heart. That love that died centuries ago, yet seems so strangely alive... that's how I related to it.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your insightful words, Divya.
j.

[Lara]

Some flames die out, don't they, Jacob - without a kiss to fan it onward...
Until it's just our own, lighting impressions of the past.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

So many flames burn brightly in the initial relationship, but keeping it burning is a challenge.
read moreSo many flames burn brightly in the initial relationship, but keeping it burning is a challenge.
Thank you, Lara,
j.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Wow a lost love hurts when all in you is memories even in dreams it comes only to relieze you could never touch.yes it died many moons ago.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts it move my heart.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your insightful words, Mauricio.
j.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Your welcome for sharing yours