In a tattered box
In a blank room
Lost
In the burned embers
of my mind
Is something
An emotion
A memory
I can't quite grasp
But it is something
Of value
Worth time
But unidentifiable
It is something
Unknown
But it was known
Cherished even
But what
Ah yes
I think I remember
I think I recollect
A simple
Yet complex emotion
Yes
I know now
It is fresh and new
This time
But dusty
Like an old photograph
Which you can only make out
Certain parts
Between the cracks and lines
Yes this is it
So sweet now
Like a rose flattened
Between the pages
Of an old book
Serving as a reminder
Which helped me
Retrace my footsteps
Which were melted
From the snow
Yes my dear
This is love
Author notes
Written May 20th, 2006
A contest entry
- finding your heart by sophia heart.
325 points, ended May 21, 2006, 5 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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wonderfully written
This is a wonderfully written piece. You have successfully described and expressed what is often thought of as the most complex human emotion. Congratulations! I look forward to reading more of your work. -
thank you so much for entering my contest and for creating a wonderful poem.
wonderful images and gentle free form allows the mind to escape its cage, if only for a moment. Truly abstract. sophia xxx
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