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Marina
by Richard VinceSubtlety is not enough, so
I will break with tradition
And try being obvious.
I still remember your
Voicemail number…
How pathetic is that?
Not that I will try to
Use it: it has become merely
A keepsake thing; just like
Those few words that
Wander occasionally back.
Sometimes I wonder what
You are like now, and
Quickly remember that
I didn’t know you then.
From enigmatic words and
Adolescent photographs I
Inferred someone you may
Or may not have been.
In your words and pictures
I still see the same abstract
Eye I admired without
Ever quite knowing why.
In my words there is still
The same overdone attempt
To be subtle that has
Made me hang on to
Too much of you.
So now, at long last,
I embrace the obvious
In the hope of finally
Saying goodbye.
Sorry it took me so long.
08/13/2009 Posted on 11/01/2009
Copyright © 2024 Richard Vince
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 11/02/09 at 02:08 PM I can relate to the feelings in this piece on more than one level. There is an unrequited love from 50 years ago that in the past few years I've exchanged emails with and realized after a few exchanges that I'm not sure I know or really knew this woman. And then of course the lovers over time that were all so important along the way and whom I continue to carry in rooms in the mind. I see them in my minds eye from time to time but am not sure at all that they see or even remember me. Good write Richard. |
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