PS S10 Mixed Colab
By Poet's Society Participants
Lost Words
I answered your voice on my answering machine;
not ours as you weren’t here; alone I talked to memories
still silent framed taunts that looked blank back at me;
I remember when we used to have a laugh;
the camcorder buzz, recording forced moments
cold shoulders, I couldn’t bring myself to burn them
but I had burnt them on a disc.
The worn down film in the VCR - less of an epic,
more a silent masquerade of my emotions.
A picture not so perfect, toggling moments
up, then down aboard this endless roller coaster.
broken pairs with bad chemistry; a love with no vision
no we are just an orgy of emotions going nowhere fast
Knowing no love lasts passing an emotional intersection
rewinding the past laughs; but pause at the last half
marinated in guilt, swimming back strokes
through this river of mixed feelings.
Relentless love confronting hellish hate;
Heart blocked off to everyone, wrapped in police tape.
Rerecorded in a soliloquy of chase.
she bent my memories and I caught the bait.
Waiting for the red light to change,
for that 'click' of green to help me see.
I wore rose tinted goggles, swam against the tide
each wave an obstacle, and darling I was
just
too
tired.
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I liked it though, I think it came together well. I was a little sceptical since not many people seemed interested when you first put the thread up but well done. First off I liked the ending, it seemed fitting and bought the piece to a close well. Some really nice lines in there and I honestly don't know who wrote what so that in itself is a testimony to how well it eventually meshed together as a finished piece of poetry. A few highlights I'd have to point out after reading a few times would be 'Alone I talked to memories', The last four lines and also the 'Broken pairs with bad chemistry' line. Whoever wrote those well done. All in all a pretty solid poem and a triumph on behalf of the league members. lol
