Looking Back

If left to my own ways of being
I’d surely find a way face it down
Bring it away from what I’m feeling
I can’t find that smile for my frown
Lost upon the hopeless canals
That life springs upon me at times
It doesn’t mean that this is final
It just brings with it a lot of chimes
Those that mention the falling of hearts
That does spray the nest at my home
I’ve not enjoyed the widowing apart
Of her voice that showers me to come
Though we’ve been away for many years
It still stings to this very day
That she took my heart with the shears
And took my soul away…

Russell Sivey

 *Pure Fiction, for me anyway!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 10/26/2017 10:32:00 AM
Dear Russell: I like the feel of the lines. Leon
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Date: 10/26/2017 9:26:00 AM
This certainly felt real Russell. I am happy it is fiction. Brilliantly written! : )
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Date: 10/25/2017 9:45:00 PM
A deep, sadly emotional write Russell. Despair and pain haunts your poem and is depicted so well with your melancholy imagery. I certainly enjoyed reading your lost love poem this evening!
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Date: 10/25/2017 8:50:00 AM
You made it feel real Russell.
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Date: 10/25/2017 8:46:00 AM
Wowsa, comforted to learn it is fiction. xomo :) bless!
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Date: 10/25/2017 7:40:00 AM
Pain of lost love well depicted in your poem--glad it's fiction, Russell!
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Date: 10/25/2017 5:22:00 AM
Its crazy where the must takes us sometimes.. Its always best to not look back, especially when pain is involved.. A deep emotive sad write..
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