It’s Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. Today, our prompt is the word ‘keep.’
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From that first night
I wanted to keep you.
Then, in the dirty-light of day
it became clear:
you already had a home.
What nobody knew
(not even you!)
is that I kept you anyway
safely
in the tenderest place
of my heart.
Still.
Ah, to be kept in the tenderest place of someone’s heart…. Your graphic is beautiful!
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Thank you Lisa. Much appreciated! I created the Ivy Heart myself with MS Paint. It’s awkward as hell at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s kinda neat. 🙂
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❤
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Beautiful write, and beautiful art as well! Bravo
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Thanks so much, Beverly!
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Those last seven lines were beautiful.
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Thanks so much!
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Gentle and sweet Susan. 🙂
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This is lovely, I do think we keep some people in our hearts throughout the journey. Lovely artwork.
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I agree truedessa. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.
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Lovely artwork to illustrate a touching quadrille. I like the oxymoron in the lines:
‘in the dirty-light of day
it became clear’
and the bitter-sweetness of the final lines.
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Thanks, Kim!. I liked that line too. It came out of nowhere. 🙂
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An amazing realization: “you already had a home.”
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Thank you, Frank.
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That’s so lovely. You don’t always need to “keep” the things you keep.
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Thank you Xan. Your comment is lovely as well.
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I know the feeling! This is beautifully eloquent. ❤️
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There is something so precious as being kept like that…
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Agreed. I can only imagine what it must be like…
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That special secret someone kept only in your heart. This is as beautiful and the artwork that accompanies it.
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My word, you’re killing me. Sigh.
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Don’t panic! I know CPR. 😉 I tried to comment on your poem but Blogger wouldn’t let me.
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Blogger is being weird. Thanks for trying!
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