interlude

interlude

spry insinuations,
an old eye winks
aging verisimilitude


she pauses
he feels young again,
she passes

his thoughts interred 
finite smile
laughing tears---


erin-cilberto
2/3/17

Reviews

[Isabella Ivy]

A moment in time captured. (We'll use any excuse to feel young again! lol.) I.I.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, I.I.

j.

[Isabella Ivy]

Of course! :)

[SM Davis]

Sometimes we are alright with being deceived for a moment (or two). Lovely.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, SM,

j.

[andrew mitchell]

A clever write full of substance J, the feeling of being desirable in our own minds but are we just being tricked that we are desirable. Ego's play a part in this interlude.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, my friend.
j.

[Larq]

This made me smile, Jacob. You are a "spry" one! Those treasured moments when we feel desirable...certainly worth writing about! This piece is vulnerable and sweet. I am visiting to read your work and hopefully get a little fire in my soul to write. I am in a stale place...usually happens in winter. ;)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i hope you can find your way out of that "stale" place, Larq...been there enough...
thank you for your kind words,
j.

[Sheila Kline]

You have captured the feeling that one has as the winter of life collides head on with spring or summer. Ah, how refreshing is the breath of fresh air, the burst of sunshine bathing one in memories of yesterday when perhaps a special smile, or tip of the hat makes the day of another!

I like this Jacob......and can certainly relate to how wonderful it feels to be noticed, even when the gray hair is tousled by the winds of advancing age, and wrinkles are those that have perhaps partially taken residence on the form of yesterday's child from too much sunshine, and frolicking in those days -but what a way to get them......LOL

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love our reply...makes me feel younger again.

thank you, Sheila..

j.

[Sheila Kline]

I thank you! I got younger again for a few moments too........now where are my spectacles and cane?? Oh yeah, must be where I left that copy of Playgirl Magazine! LOL

[DIVYA]

So much like sunny interludes in grey, gloomy years devoid of sunshine. Youth is so ephemeral, finite. Your words touch the soul.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, my friend...

j.

[Ted Kniffen]

I think that the older we get, that a wink will elicit a smile instead of a scowl.

We may be old...but we ain't dead.

Good one, j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yep, we ain't dead yet...good one...

thanks, Ted.

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Hey, even though we are not spring chickens, getting a wink or a whistle from the opposite sex can take years off. Still, in the alone times, we know we are not what we once were. Sad write....but so true. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, in those times...true...
thank you, Lydi.
j.

[Paul Bell]

When i'm out running, and a younger model fly's by me. I always unconsciously speed up. I suppose i was that person once. Confucius would probably have the words for it. But i might not want to hear them.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, may not want to....:)))

thank you for that image, Paul....i think i can see her...and she smiles as she passes you.

j.

[Paul Bell]

You maybe right.

[Einstein Noodle]

i love that first verse ...putting it up on my bathroom mirror to remind myself of truthfulness and not to take myself too seriously when i am winking in the streets :}
and i love the second verse ..she pauses and blesses the old man when genuine grace and affection (i will always see it that way;)
but i am the optimist ..so the sad reality i will not accept ... i will tuck this one away in hopes of another brief pause on another corner ... or maybe in Walmart :)))))))))))))))))
what can i say ..i'm an old man and allowed such things.....right?! great poem, wonderful language ...clear honesty ...all good says i!
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ah yes, in Walmart...love that...
i'm with you, E.
thanks for the words,
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ..................