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Four Elements

How bottomless you are, the lonely hell, how dark and joyless, but the love I fell in is much deeper. Oh, four words you said so unexpectedly that my ink bled, four elements, four natures of despair - the water of my tears, the smoky air of sleeplessness, the fire in my loins, the earth of desperation that adjoins insanity – the words you said in lieu of reasons to break up: "I don’t love you". How that can be? It was just yesterday you vowed that… I go mad, I go astray in most abysmal precipices of my hell in search of you, my faithless love.

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Robert Lindley

Date: 12/9/2019 7:42:00 PM

As usual my friend, truly unique and exceptional poetry. "Oh, four words you said so unexpectedly that my ink bled, four elements, four natures of despair - the water of my tears, the smoky air of sleeplessness, the fire in my loins, the earth of desperation that adjoins insanity – the words you said in lieu" FANTASTIC... A FAV..

Kurt Ravidas
Date: 12/10/2019 7:03:00 AM

Thank you, Robert. All 4 elements of me bow to you with gratitude)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 12/9/2019 3:23:00 AM

I wanted this to go on and on Kurt. No one writes like you, which is meant as a highest compliment! Lines 4-7 were astounding! So glad to read your work again? xxoo

Kurt Ravidas
Date: 12/10/2019 7:00:00 AM

Thank you so much, dear Connie. That's really a highest compliment to me. As Nabokov said, the writer has nothing but his style)

Kurt Ravidas

Date: 12/8/2019 1:51:00 PM

Long time no see. Glad to see you again, lads)