Burning Love Letters

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Genre: Metemodernism

declarations of adoration 
   flood the net
      inviting envy
perfunctory comments of support
   soon forgotten
as people get on with their mundane lives
    yet again illustrating 
       that highlights
are fleeting in the larger scale of existence
                moments remembered are seldom accurate
                             distorted 
                 .............to suit............
                          the narrative
when things go pear shaped
   the fallout is public
       and wounds licked noisily

I long for the good old days
when I could burn love letters privately
seeing my hopes for the future
          go                     ...e...
                                  ...k...
              up             ...o...
                             ...m...
                  in      ...s...

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/2/2024 7:38:00 PM

Hope you are feeling ok, Suzette

Suzette Richards
Date: 11/2/2024 9:42:00 PM

Feeling great, thanks, Andrea.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/2/2024 9:55:00 AM

Wow this is deep and so true. A fave

Suzette Richards
Date: 11/2/2024 11:12:00 AM

Ink Empress

Date: 10/31/2024 11:26:00 PM

Dear Suzette; i love your title, so got me intrigued to read this, and i agree with what youv delivered here in such a seamless manner. Everything, relationships to other personal things all seems now to be publicized for all to see and read and I couldn’t help but feel “the fallout is public and wounds licked noisily” hits strong for me “ I long for the good old days when I could burn love letters privately” same~ i love the flow and depth of what youv conveyed: soulful write: pleasure reading: sending you light always~

Suzette Richards
Date: 11/1/2024 11:20:00 AM

Thank you for reading, Ink, and the kind words. Glad we are on the same page insofar as the public spectacle of emotions and personal matters are concerned. The 4th November is Bonfire Night - maybe we should have a burning of those love (or other) letters to purge ourselves of uncomfortable memories ... Just musing here. Hugs, Su