Occasionally

It does not pay to be bitter, at least not for too long

OCCASIONALLY

Occasionally

I still think of you

Though not so very often now

Laughing

Or singing children’s songs

Perched high upon your lover’s chest

Or running free

Across the moor

Like some bronzed stallion

Bathing in a secret pool

Or taking water from a stream

Making it with some young man

Then afterwards

Your need to be alone with me

Yes, I still think of you

Though not so very often now

 

 

 

Author's Note

Time is a good healer & memories if they are twisted enough can make everything seem, just fine..... N

Reviews

[barleygirl]

What you describe here is the ultimate secret for moving on when one has had a bad experience with people. Even tho your message is seemingly about lovers, it also applies to me & my estranged family. It was a beautiful dawn when I could finally stop hating some & being bugged by others. This also reminds me of when we nurse a pet for a year & then it finally crosses the rainbow bridge. At first all we can think about are those horrible last months of slow dwindling . . . but eventually we think of the fun brought into our lives (((NUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Neville]

Thank you so much for a most refreshing and alternative perspective Margie.. Yes, of course some of those other losses you refer to were motivators for my penning this oldie in the first place..... Then of course it was a newbie... Nug Ya and true.... Neville

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

There it is again...I am not a robot...Oh how we try not to be delicate...Thanks for the reminder to look at on the shelf I am real and I feel....

[Neville]

You are & you do and you must..... Hope the therapy is going well... Cheers Queenie... Neville

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

Poetic therapy on the soul is much harder than the physical therapy for the foot. Thanks Nev.

[Neville]

I concur, having one of those myself... apparently sage is good.... N

[BBP]

Time makes you stronger and makes the memories easier to watch. Memeories are like wine ... good or bad they get better over time.

[Neville]

What an interesting deduction, if I might be so very bold... Thank you so much for visiting this page and considering my words...Much appreciated and true.... Neville

[BBP]

Always a pleasure

[Chris Shaw]

This hurts to read and it speaks a great deal about a relationship which wasn't exclusive. That is painful and to me bleeds with betrayal. However I am imposing my standards, but I still feel that despite that, this was a deep relationship for the writer, and there was much suffering. Some really descriptive, poetic lines. Yes, she still comes back to haunt you, though not as much as she once did. With the passing of time, do we get an eraser out and rub out some of it? Are we trying to make it seem better than it was? You certainly penetrated my outer shield with this poem.

Chris

[Neville]

Thank you my dear Chris, yes there was indeed a bit o suffering involved behind the scenes...a long time ago tho now.... many thanks to ya ... N

[Chris Shaw]

How we suffer for love and how do you trust after betrayal? Pondering on that question.

read moreHow we suffer for love and how do you trust after betrayal? Pondering on that question.

Chris

[Neville]

It takes practice, a whole lot of it.... N

[Einstein Noodle]

your lines are very poetic my friend! there is a distinction between the physical and the deeper realm of emotion, mind and spiritual ... i think the Greeks are the ones that have a special word for man love .. and that deep relationship was much elevated ... kind of like the camaraderie of man at arms ...i like your note as well ... time is proven a fine healer for those that live long enough ;} but I'm not sure about the twisting ... sure we can "make" things seem fine ... but it doesn't really work says i ...i like the poetic flow of your poem and i think you give just enough for the reader to know a much more expansive "history" ..i also like the wistful melancholy and final bit of cynical reality in the closing
E.

[Neville]

You are always so very generous Gene & always appreciated my friend..... Cheers to ya.... N

[Ardra]

Ah.....it takes time.... and then with time
We learn to live with the pain....and slowly twist the memories to make it seem worth painting again and again in our own sweet words....


As always beautifully captured...

[Neville]

Than you Ardra, much appreciated... N

[emmajoy]

Your words, your thoughts, ripple across time so... gently. A cotton wool wrapped sadness, this. Wisful pain, too understandable.

[Neville]

Thank you emmajoy, much appreciated... N

[emmajoy]

I know how it can be.