incarceration's portrait

incarceration's portrait

 

restitution for forgiveness

is like prostitution of impunity

there is a sinister smile in the heart

when it knows we are undone

 

it beats, sardonically scintillated

because it understands

each pulse

is punishment

for the reckless abandon

of youthful excursions into love

 

and now as the beats slow themselves

to a bare trace

 

it is your face

that intercedes

and makes me think yesterdays

 

with you

might have been a crime

 

well worth the sentence.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

7/1/18

Reviews

[redzone]

is love ever a 'crime' Jacob??? I think we would commit such a crime and face whatever punishment might be handed down willingly.... I agree with Jimmy, a woman well worth the 'sentence'!!! my first wife was such a woman... and your poem make me think of yesterdays.... thank you for this...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for sharing how you related, and your kind words, my friend.
j.

[Bacchus]

Well worth the sentence..
Brilliant last line

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Bacchus.
j.

[Crowley]

Hard time and love...more often bedfellows than not. I think about the downside...and then it is always overshadowed by the fleeting upside. quite the original look at love unrequited.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Crowley.
j.

[Neville]

"it is your face
that intercedes
and makes me think yesterdays"

More than a few words, less than a sentence... just perfect.... and true... Neville

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Neville.
j.

[Neville]

Pleasure jacob and true....N

[Jimmy Yetts]

A "crime" worth the time; is or must have been quite a woman.
Your poem qualifies as a monumental compliment.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, quite a woman indeed...
thank you, Jimmy...appreciate your comments...