This time when he proposed, the answer was no.
No courthouse wedding and
honeymoon in Mexico;
no house in the suburbs,
no little girl with dark, curly hair.
And so, my homeless soul hovered
elsewhere
and waited to be wanted.
The Abject Muse
Kickin' it behind the Eight ball
1959
This sounds like one of those things that never happened… life is so full of those moments that could have been
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Yes, and also those moments that shouldn’t have been.
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This poem appears so simple, but it has great complexity hovering around it. Full of loss.
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You nailed it, sarahssouthwest. Loss is the name of the game.
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Oh gosh, I’m feeling like I just flashed back into my own 20’s. Really perfect stuff, ma’am.
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Thank you, fireblossom32. So glad you enjoyed!
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Susan, I like the graphic you chose to represent the beautiful soul waiting ❤
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Thank you, Lisa. I love fractal art. 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂 Fractals do seem to be otherwordly.
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This is really beautiful and complex. Like the art.
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This left me sad and yet it’s carefulness made me smile.
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Thank you!
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Yes, fractal art is wonderful; often I use fractal or abstract images to illustrate my poems. Saying no is a special kind of courage. In your case, it seems, no meant no.
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Sometimes we must say “no”…a soulful write.
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This is true. If we said “yes” to everything…imagine? oy!
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A “no” to something may mean “yes” to something better!
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Thank you, lynn_ 🙂
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The mercurial nature of reality and the possible infinite parallel universes… Your poem is wistful looking at a life that will never be born but in your mind. I think of a time my then-partner proposed at a rainbow gathering in New Mexico, and the sad history of us left there in that meadow when I realized it would never be.
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How very sad about the rainbow gathering. Thank you for sharing your insights. Interesting!
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