After My Last Drink

After My Last Drink

A Poem by Dalton

I want to tear you off
like the arms of my black jean jacket.
Our love was not enough;
I stitched your heart on my sleeve.

In dead-sure whispers, I say:
"this trouble is but a process";
seeing pictures past, I pray:
"this struggle is such progress".

While dancing to our tune,
I grasp my well-torn brain.
While crooning to the moon,
I sing through cellophane.

The fire-pit winter completes;
woe, I crackle in the ashes.
My room's warmth depletes;
mold saturates my matches.

Why did she re-sew our quivering quilt?
She's seen my helpless eyes.
A needle's simply incapable of guilt;
a tailor threads demise.


XX/9/2013

© 2016 Dalton


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she tried to sew us back together but i kept drinking us apart.

and he is guiltless only because he can hardly remember anything he did to tear off the sleeve of the relationship...

very sad write...but her understanding shines through...she feels his pain...and forgives.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Dalton

7 Years Ago

Thank you Jacob! After reading your words, I'm understanding this poem in a completely different man.. read more



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Your rhyme schemes are so immaculately written that they catch one by surprise. For me, I feel a bit of anger in this poem, a feeling of wasted time, a fire that is no more, and then a rekindling of that fire. I love your language. It's masculine in tone ... denim poetry. Love it!

Posted 7 Years Ago


Dalton

7 Years Ago

Your review comes as a surprise, for the points you've mentioned are not completely obvious in the l.. read more
Linda Marie Van Tassell

7 Years Ago

It seems we've walked parallel to one another at times. We then whisper that walk through poetry. .. read more
Dalton

7 Years Ago

Yes indeed :) you've said it truly, and beautifully.
she tried to sew us back together but i kept drinking us apart.

and he is guiltless only because he can hardly remember anything he did to tear off the sleeve of the relationship...

very sad write...but her understanding shines through...she feels his pain...and forgives.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Dalton

7 Years Ago

Thank you Jacob! After reading your words, I'm understanding this poem in a completely different man.. read more

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Dalton
Dalton

GTA, Ontario, Canada



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A Poem by Dalton