Borders

Borders

on the border of love

slipping into a new country of conjoined souls

borderline psychotic cycling between

crazy in love

and just crazy

letting borders expand

a heart reaching to the other side

blurred lines of emotional vision

border trees turning tentatively

on the border of adolescence

to the border of sin

at the border of eloquent aging

or instant gratification turned

an excessive wrinkling of the outer bark

and inner roots

borderline helplessness, suffocating on your scent

but happily letting go of all borders

just to die in the throes 

of the cherished country

that is you.

erin-cilberto

12/3/17

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

This was pretty intense. All sorts of borders...I think the metaphor here could be played into exhaustion. Perhaps even crossing unseen borders into the uncharted country of her smile. Delightful!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ah, that uncharted country...would like to really visit it someday.
thank you for your words,
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

love every bit of this one jacob ...great metaphor and real....the contracting expanding and reaching and intermingling is a pleasant ride ..when i saw the title i thought...oh boy ...you are tackling a very controversial subject ... and then you give me love ;) thanks for sharing sir
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, E.
Love the pic. great pup, too.

[Einstein Noodle]

Bella, .... she's the best of course ;)

[Alfred Kukitz]

I bet that pen you had in hand was whispering to you and what became a beautiful poem was really the silence of Jacob.

regards,
al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, Al.
j.

[duff]

In tight spaces we guard ourselves and when the shields come down the relief can be shocking. The freedom can leave us vulnerable. Zero borders and exposed which can be so powerful. I like it Jacob. Thanks for sharing.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, duff.
j.

[duff]

You bet my man. Anytime.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

There is a kind of mysterious relief in letting go of the borders, which we mostly redefine ourselves...
This is lovely to read and get lost into. Beautiful piece, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Yumna...
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

This is so beautifully romantic, Jacob. When it comes to love, all borders are blurred. There is no "you" or "me"...there is only "us". "Eloquent aging"....is that even possible? :) Love that endures from adolescence through old age is rare these days...and cherished. Just lovely! Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Lydi.
j.

[Leslie Philibert]

A fine poem from one of my favourite poems..L3
could be from Kerouac, this has a beat energy and a tempo that races along, so I advise, have a look at this !

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Leslie.
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Beautiful poetry my friend.
"borderline helplessness, suffocating on your scent
but happily letting go of all borders
just to die in the throes
of the cherished country"
The above lines. Amazing and perfect. Thank you Jacob for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kindness, Coyote.
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[Cory Barrett]

I remember reading silly lymrics to my son, and having to explain the idea of boarder. The lymrics were less silly.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Cory...
j.

[h d e rushin]

borders are acts of great camouflage that vanish us back into craft like a tinker who makes toys or like the Chinese man who fixed the heels on my beetle boots last weekend. He spoke to me in broken English but spoke to his assistant in his native manderin. His borders (his truth) he pounds out each day and perhaps doesn't have a poets mythical expectation that something unsubtle is happening in his inner self. So his names his "shoe repair business" happiness/ and even starts to love it...great poem my friend...dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

but there is something poetic about making shoes, i do believe that...i worked in a Brown Shoe factory making Naturalizers...at one time.

thanks for your words, dana.
j.