shedding replicas of old lovers

shedding replicas of old lovers

 

 

folds of empty skin

Blue feelings

the largest organ is not the heart

 

but the heart breaks the hardest

the puncture bleeds the longest

 

and the skin is tattooed permanently 

with drained color

 

blue to gray to black

the screen goes blank

the film is over

 

dry eyes leave the theater

all the tears expended

and the artist

 

leaves lines like poetry

all over the body

to be read

 

at the heart's end.

 

 

3/25/24

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

This poem bleeds with emotion. The heart has really suffered here. Not a tear left and the colours are depressing. The skin is tattooed and the heart punctured. Love doesn’t live here any more. A haunting tale of dead romance. Hopefully the poetry will last much longer.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Chris...especially since I feel I am writing godawful poetry these days.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

There you go again:) Beating up your own poetry:)