clues and causes

clues and causes

 

 

 

the facts,

an investigation

into the heart

 

a senile heart

not responsible for its actions

I never looked both ways

 

never saw you coming

did you swerve to engage me

was there purposeful meaning in your smile

 

research

careful planning

tears

 

I'm over

you are exonerated

and not held responsible

 

for the feelings

that drained 

like blood from a wound.

 

 

erin-cilberto

3/12/2024

Reviews

[NormaZ]

I love the last two stanzas, that you were able to let go even with such a deep wound, a great statement of forgiveness.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, NormaZ,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob… we may be “turned into Sand” for looking back to how beautiful our World once was… Tragedy always weighs in as the Leaders become Killers in a War Game called Extinct. We always have Hope if anyone is spared. Sadly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like the reference to Lot's wife...Thank you, Pat,
j.

[John the Baptist]

Verse two identifies the culprit. The verdict in verse five was never in doubt. Senile hearts always suffer in the end.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Insightful as always, John. Thank you...
j.

[Stella Armour]

Senile hearts are just as tender and vulnerable to love as young hearts..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Maybe moreso, eh?
Thank you, Stella,
j.

[Chris Shaw]

A heart is a heart whether senile or not. When the heart chooses, the brain won’t listen. That can result in much sadness and even disasters for the soft of heart.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

my heart always got first dibbs...before the brain.
thank you, Chris
j.

[Tom]

Spontaneity, heat of the moment passion, lust, yep, the words of the iconic Carter/Cash song, I'm going to Jackson ring true here,

' We got married in a fever
Hotter than a pepper sprout
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson
Ever since the fire went out '

Nice one Jacob!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Tom...remember the remake?
Lee hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra?

[Desert Knave]

Nice. I managed to fall, one more time, long after I figured that "crap" was out of my system ... she too was exonerated. Like Jimmy Buffett said "... it's my own damned fault". ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Jim....My friends all love Buffet....I saw him in concert and almost fell asleep.
j.

[Poetic Beauty]

Senile hearts live amongst all of us I do believe. Blind to the path that isn’t for is us

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, P.B. I appreciate you, dear poet.
j.

[Poetic Beauty]

You are most welcome