A Fable of Passion
A Fable of Passion
The water falling slowly
sounded like the texture
of adagio ____
the day had fallen asleep
scenting the sunset
with solace.
(dark sky pending) ____
why is it nearly impossible
to be friends after we have
stood uncovered before
one another?
Why must we act like
we feel nothing
after we have tasted
our flames
and consumed
each other’s ashes?
Why do we look the other way
when our past suddenly appears
behind the bars of age and beauty?
If we were meant to only see
what is before us
we would be grotesque
like a cyclops,
scary and lonely.
If we were not meant
to remember a past love
we would not have a mind
that created feelings
or be piloted by passion
permitting our soft salacious skin
to open and receive this splendor.
Instead we pass each other
beneath the collective canopy
regretting our nakedness
lamenting the fire
that still burns
untamed ____ within our hearts.
Sometimes we go so far
as to throw salt
upon our open wounds
_______ the birds are singing their clear song
they start when the sun breaks the day
a chorus into the night
and the song says
good bye, farewell, adieu ____
© Gesso Cocteau
From ‘Stranded Hearts and Other Sorrows’
© Digital Art Gesso Cocteau
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