All That Remains Of Yesterdays Wishes

Old flame memories, and game show repeats,
viewed through tobacco, it's smoke fills the room,
loneliness, only, stays glued to defeat,
blue-bottles, can't help, but choke on the gloom.

Dreams like the remote, corroded to rust,
unopened, unpaid, bills sit by the door,
surrendered and lost, to despair and dust,
no-one levelled up, around here for sure.

Each day's an ashtray, of stub filled regret,
while moth eaten drapes, block out the world's light,
another neat gin, will help to forget,
added indifference, towards day and night.

The blocked drains and sink, dirty old dishes,
all that remains of, yesterday's wishes.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Kaufman Avatar
August 8, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Hi Martin, I loved this rather dreary but so descriptive penning of yours. You bring the reader right there into the room as Karen said.
Challender Avatar
August 8, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Thanks Nancy, it is a dreary picture. Sadly it's reality for some. Thanks for reading & the feedback.
Jones Avatar
July 16, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Flawless loved this! The attention to detail is incredible and the imagery captures the feeling of being trapped! This is a fav!
Challender Avatar
July 17, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Thanks Karen, so glad that you enjoyed it. I was really pleased with how this turned out.
Swan Avatar
June 28, 2024 at 6:48 AM
This line captures such a grey mood, 'Each day's an ashtray, of stub filled regret'. It reminds me of T.S Eliot's Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock, 'Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky., Like a patient etherized upon a table.' J
Challender Avatar
June 30, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I was certainly trying to capture a grey mood there Jeanette. Many thanks for the feedback.
Greenhough Avatar
June 25, 2024 at 9:39 AM
I love this truth in drab poem. Depression is a burden, and common to many. Thanks for this poem.
Challender Avatar
June 26, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Thanks Hilda. I wanted to write something that wasn't saccharine schmaltzy, a picture from life's other side...
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