I no longer love you: I love the very loss of you
I resent that drag, like grabbing fists
on your petaled promises
that sucked you to rotten earth:
An almost round world,
swelling and struggling
with polluted passions
clutching honey and aromatic memories
as if to own them there
I no longer love you: I love the very loss of you
Your distance still keeps you perfect
as lotus flower daring to open fully
since I am further away than danger to you
But, I have put my lips to you and carry fragrant memory
on my skin. where my soul knows
how tender you were and why
I no longer love you: I love the very loss of you
Loss makes such pretty falling posies
that I gather like precious pearls
to wear like a bracelet
or a chain
In a list
A contest entry
- as the lotus leaf... by PrabhuDayal Khattar.
300 points, ended July 29, 2008, 12 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Portraying the sentiments of the heart is a wonderful task in poetry if one can do it..and it is you indeed who did it..well done ..and my thanks for entering such a wonderful entry in my contest...
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ty, pen friend....I have a name, a face..attached to these kinds of writes....
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I love the way you've said this. It's very honest and true.
"I no longer love you; I love the very loss of you."
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aw, but it is...ty judy
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your losses are admirably handled ,,good luck peter
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ty Peter..it is something I work on, truly.
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