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stay

by Bet Yeldem

Inside of me there is a place for you
Search and take your wanderlust out
On roads of my becoming
Where a womb lies waiting to birth
Songs of contented peace – be still
Finally free from all we have feared
Ourselves, repetition of our pasts
But if I let you in, my favorite word
Would become a whispered refrain - “stay”
And neither of us could
Maintain the rituals of normalcy
Under conditions of altered states
- realities unreal but of our own creation
Yet I like everything that is... you
And love only wholeheartedly the same
Despite best intentions,
All rivers run to the sky and my rain.




06/23/2005

Posted on 06/24/2005
Copyright © 2024 Bet Yeldem

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Michelle Angelini on 06/24/05 at 04:42 AM

Jem, I like this poem of love and emotional communion. The imagery is vivid, suggesting this relationship takes place on several levels, but behind the wish for connection is a fear that floats to the surface. Many of the word phrases used: "my becoming," "contented peace," "whispered refrain," and "rituals of normalcy" have a calming effect, as if the conversation isn't in the physical world but in a slightly metaphysical plane. In the 5th line from the end, "realities unreal but out of our own creation..." I suggest you change one of the words or the other, that is unless you were going for a repetition of consonant sounds, examples are: reality – certainty, assurance; unreal – illusory. Use or ignore them. All in all, you've created a quiet love poem, that speaks of desire, but isn't a desperate pleading.
~Chelle~

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