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Coldness Doctrine

by Alisa Js

you
shut me out
again,
quick
sudden.
without any regard
or repercussions,
exceeding the limits
of anything nearing
this,
blunt force compassion ...

and me
here I am,
stunned and reeling
like the schlemiel seen dancing
in the shadows,
full of hope and despair

your coldness cuts hard
straining the sweetness
of yesterday's dreams
and ideologies,
pulling the belief
past those
great night treacheries
I thought we'd laid to rest,
bereft and demoted
to whatever it was
we once had...


11/03/2008

Posted on 11/04/2008
Copyright © 2024 Alisa Js

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Tony Whitaker on 11/04/08 at 04:11 AM

The stark landscape of hurt is evident in a lot of your work and this is no exception. This one cuts diamond-hard with brilliance.

Posted by Mary Frances Spencer on 11/04/08 at 07:16 AM

Ouch...I feel this pain resonating in your words. Well expressed... MFS

Posted by Steve Baba on 12/18/08 at 11:17 PM

Could really feel the emotions in this poem. Excellent work...

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