love needs no bow

love needs no bow

 

 

trope reindeer

early Christmas

a rooftop full of dreams

and chimneys of stardust

 

and yet the sled is greased with greed

fortunes in sacks that won't fit in the edifice

and there will be no snowy 

morning of smiles

when the dam of fortune implodes

 

we are left with empty wrappings

and bows, the friends we threw away

the day after the yule tide blew in harshly

 

the glitter of the stardust

disintegrated in our gift strewn hearts.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/13/19

Reviews

[Kesch (Finding Julia)]

this is a powerful read here, very nicely composed....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, kescha,
j.

[Kesch (Finding Julia)]

not a problem sir....

[Dave]

Love needs no bow. How powerful! No wrapping paper or ribbons just the joy of each other, the truly caring. You are soooooooo right - there is no need for a bow.

Take care - Dave

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Dave,
and your extended visit...wish i could offer you something to drink...
j.

[Dave]

You're more than welcome. Thanks for the offer - someday? Take care - Dave

[Lorry]

That's all very well and good Jacob, BUT I WANT MORE SHINY SHINY! Okay, I feel bad for the people and kids in sweatshops knocking all this stuff out, but I'm used to the shiny and need more.

(Do sweatshop kids even get Xmas day off?)

[Lorry]

Ps... I wasn't finished...
There was a great album by the streets a few years back, titled everything is borrowed, which I instantly thought of on reading this. Everything from the baubles and trinkets we cherish, to the spark that started and will end our own time on this earth. If more people thought of that before hitting the buy now button, Amazon wouldn't exist. But it does.
Personally, I have enough shiny, but its all so tempting, it entices us into knowing we will always want more.
A coffee and the energy to wade through another day would suffice. Until black Friday at least 😀

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, technology ....we are so caught up in it...people don't even want to go grocery shopping anymore...they have groceries delivered...
push the button...it's like pushing the golden buzzer on Britain or America's got talent.
thank you for your insightful review, my friend...

j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

maybe they get half a day off? or an hour?

[Lorry]

They probably have a more honest review of our western ways than we care to think of.

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

This really keep my mind ruminating over the matter you just pointed out here.
I'm just still pondering hard at the magnitude of its effect on me.

Well written, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Kay,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

'the friends we threw away the day after yule tide blew in harshly'

That line speaks to me. Maybe it is regret that when the going started to get tough, insufficient effort was put in to try and salvage the situation. Maybe there was some obstinacy there, and neither party was prepared to back down and the relationship imploded. That's where you took me Jacob. Sad poem.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Chris,
j.