A Work In Progress, Like Life

She winked, and smiling with 
her eyes,
kissed my parched lips,

I could not return her kiss,

and though the years have spun 
their cobwebs,

fashioning vacuums out of 
forgotten dreams,

It is that kiss that I most miss.


Tonight, I lie awake,
lathered in layered memories,

of love lost, and of love gained,

of open skies,
and of rains crashing through 
my weak rhymes,

that have strained,
across the vast emptiness,

seeking absolution,
for my emotional crimes... 



(This Scribble is a Work in 
Progress. Just Like Life)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Posey Avatar
April 26, 2013 at 7:21 PM
My friend, I believe this write will be a self sustained and self feeding creation that, just like life, will continue on and on till the ending begins an epitaph... Great talent here.... Jake
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April 30, 2013 at 8:30 AM
Thanks, Jake! I deeply appreciate your kind words, my friend! Wishing you well from the southern tip of the African continent!
Bright Avatar
April 21, 2013 at 12:57 PM
Great scribe!
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April 21, 2013 at 2:03 PM
Thank you for your warm words! Moteshakkaram, doost-e-man...
Chircop Avatar
April 21, 2013 at 12:24 PM
Emotional crimes are the only crimes that with guilt offer regrets too..I loved your sad romantic verses.
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April 21, 2013 at 12:33 PM
Thanks as usual, Charma! You are far, far too kind, and I am continually touched that my paltry scribbles have touched you...
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