Jeffry Cohan Poet Quatrain

Free Cee Tomorrows Sentinel of Sorrow

i clearly hear the echo of words that once thrilled me so
but that voice now belongs solely to the past
they were wondrous words that once filled me so
but that voice wove a spell that desperation cast

i was desperate to find a smile that sorrow stole
and desperation had taken it's toll on me
i was desperate to fill a darkened and hollow hole
yet the sentinel of sorrow stole the soul in me

your sweet smile said so many silent things to me
things i, for so long, had prayed to hear
and now the voice of happiness no longer sings to me
because then i heard words i was so afraid to hear

those woeful words were the sentiments of your final goodbye
you rehearsed and cursed me for things i'd never done
i stood by you until i heard your final lie
and i left hurting more deeply then anyone

it ws a fundamental falsehood i could not abide
and so i packed my suitcase and moved far away
sadly you've never admitted how severely you had lied
and that's why you are now the proud possession of yesterday
   (c) 2012.....PHREECEE ~free cee!~

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John Loving Iii March 4, 2012 at 9:08 PM "struming my fate with his fingers, singing my life with his words" thats what this poem did to me but with more tragic results. i'd say 80% of this i can apply to a past relationship. i only wished i could have packed up and moved away.

Catherine Buchner February 28, 2012 at 9:19 AM you have felt my pain and my gain and now i feel your pain but more than that i understand it through what you write... how blessed i am with a friend like you

John Loving Iii February 27, 2012 at 11:17 AM reality bites. this poem affected me because of it's reality. love is not perfect for most of us. it has it's thorns lies being among them. and moving away, being a consequence of self determination seems to be no reward but a punishment for being foolish. a crime of having feelings we cannot control that will either destroy us or the one we love.

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl February 27, 2012 at 8:17 AM xx