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so much in so very little

by Vere Mantratriad


furious fervor
further and further
into my own demise

I give you a time
            but no clock
I give you a direction
            but no map
I give you a candle
            but no light
I give you an idea
            but no answer
I give you a lock
            but no key
I give you the monster
            but no cage
I give you my love
            but no heart

fractured and frantic
further and further
into my own demise

because it’s all
                     I have
            to give

08/12/2006

Posted on 08/13/2006
Copyright © 2024 Vere Mantratriad

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by A. Paige White on 08/13/06 at 02:03 AM

Wow. Now that's an inventory! Great write.

Posted by Jean Mollett on 08/13/06 at 06:02 AM

Yes, indeed a great write. Why is it, that men always want more? But, they won't give more! They always take us women for granted. I also agree with Paige and Lori.

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 08/16/06 at 04:34 PM

Images so cleverly combined and applied to romance. One of your recent best IMO Vere. And definitely heading for my favorites.

Posted by Maria Terezia Ferencz on 08/16/06 at 07:14 PM

I give you my love but no heart I know this line well....the poem captures the truth of some of us well.

Posted by Junemarie Roldan on 08/16/06 at 11:40 PM

Sometimes all we have to give isn't enough, even for ourselves. So we keep on digging further and further, and fall through the crack of failure. It's not fair, but seems to be the fate of those who are irreparably broken.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 08/18/06 at 05:57 PM

Terrific form. Recognizing limits but still able to give what one can.

Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 08/20/06 at 03:00 AM

The flip side of this portrait is the heart that cannot give enough love and somehow the two often seem to end up in a relationship together...and them you might find yourself "fractured and frantic further and further into my own demise" you write how others feel and you do it so well. smh

Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 03/24/07 at 03:32 AM

random fav today...once again, girl, i loooove your work! you totally and completely rock!

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