Frederic Parker Poet Free verse

The Why of Goodbye

Hidden dreams silently fall

upon the window pane of love's antiquity

where I find your face,  drifting in an out of view

until I leave...with my delirium 

to rooms of what should have been

forsaken to a spiritual lethargic reality

leaving me alone...with abdicated pictures

hanging on bitter walls of loneliness


There was light once...warm and comfortable

where each room glowed in vibrant colors

filled with flowers you arranged

wearing Spring dresses that quietly fluttered around you

basking in your form, as you moved like a dancer

across floors of soft splayed light from dawn's awakening


Could that I ask

you remember the good times

not the broken glass flung on the walls of anger

from a mind drunk and deserted

by hubris...before our fall


1/20/19

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Beata Agustin January 27, 2019 at 11:55 PM Congrats. Thanks for sharing your talent. God bless you.

Carolyn Devonshire January 27, 2019 at 10:31 AM Stopping back with congratulations on your first-place win, Frederick! Best wishes, Carolyn

Heidi Sands January 27, 2019 at 9:01 AM Congratulations for your top win Frederic :)

Silent One January 27, 2019 at 8:17 AM Sometimes why is never answered, loved this poem Frederic... When something ends in a bad way, it can be difficult to remember the good times, as anger consumes the mind... Congratulations on your first place in the contest.. Frederic Parker January 27, 2019 at 10:48 AM thank you for the kindness Silent One

Connie Marcum Wong January 25, 2019 at 3:18 PM This enchanting poem is right up there with the passionate pen of Pablo Neruda Frederic! I didn't listen to the music until after I read your stunning words. I hold you in highest regard as a romantic poet of our times. The song enbraces the pain of loss in your poem. I admire your talent that inspires my heart to improve. Bravo! xxoo A Fave!

Valerie Staton January 20, 2019 at 5:19 PM Nicely written.

Carolyn Devonshire January 20, 2019 at 1:57 PM Whether or not we admit it, many of us do remember both the good and bad aspects of any relationship. There is a gentleness in the first two verses that I admire and a sadness in the last that makes me wish there were more second chances.

Heidi Sands January 20, 2019 at 12:55 PM A very touching , well written poem Frederic. I can feel it! :)