Before

I don't want to need you

crave you

want you always

only to see you fade back around the end of a very long

endless discussion

that has nothing to do with this circumstance

and everything to do with before.

what about the middle ground

the bridge that spans years and decades between us,

before we became us

when dreams were our only escape

and fiction wasn't allowed...

Reviews

[ANTO]

sometimes the only talk that a couple end up sharing after a while is smalltalk
the dreams long ago forgotten under the weight of Life and reality and not mentioned again out of embarrassment that they didnt get fulfilled
"what about the middle ground
the bridge that spans years and decades between us,
before we became us" ...the difference between 'we' and 'us' here - a lifetime of lost chances condensed into one line - heartbreaking, I feel.
Your writing never fails to move me Alisa. Im so glad I found it here.

[Alisa Js]

Thank you for your compliment, I am flattered.

I agree with your comments...and know that two hearts have to continue to beat together for the long term prognosis to be good....💫

[Louise.xx]

I enjoyed this, it's short but the wording speaks volumes to it's reader. Thought provoking and well penned piece xx

[Alisa Js]

Thank you for your comments and time.. I will be by soon.

Alisa ;-)

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:: a very short but a very insightful piece, sweet alisa... :: for way too many people, an interminable discussion becomes a manifestation of escapism... and when that doesn't get them what they want, they find one particular phase in life in which they can remain stranded... :: helping such people be in the moment as the facilitator and enabler rather than 'preacher' is a very challenging task... one needs the patience of not just a patient friend but the sort of patience of a friend who is meticulous... :: we have to literally show them each strand of every confusing thought they have and show them why they are confused... :: many of them imagine themselves to be very clear-headed... which makes our task even more complex and tough... so, in short, helping a confused person (who thinks he or she is not confused) can be a veritable (metaphorical) nightmare... :P :: just my thoughts after reading your poem... which to me... is a brilliant depiction of a conversation i've often had... and continue to have with my special someone... i don't think he knows of even the existence of that "middle ground" but i don't intend to give up until he does... :P

[Alisa Js]

Hello serah,

Thank you. I know exactl what you mean as there are those certain ones whose perception of reality is all that matters, and has no bearing whether it is a correct perception...and we, who are walking in reality... are the ones who are incorrect in our observation. But can that be true? or is it simply a matter of all of us living in parallel universes and from time to time interconnect with others who may be on our plane or merely passing through???? I wonder...

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:: hello alisa... i used to wonder about this a lot but i don't any more... :P :: i feel that we evolve as a society (meaning collectively) when we become receptive to those ideas that facilitate progression... and that means greater sensitivity to the human rights of human beings... and that means appreciating the uniqueness of individuals... while at the same time treating everyone as an equal... :: the sort of person i was speaking of (in my comment) is the kind of person who is confused about how evolution takes place and keeps dragging me (albeit unintentionally) to a state of confusion and (if i may call it that) suspended animation... he won't progress... he'll get stranded in a thought... and he'll try to trap me in his dungeon of despair... while i will just refuse to think that there's no light at the end of the tunnel... i'm incapable of remaining in a state of despair... maybe i'm cuckoo in the head... who knows... :P