A Thousand

Droplets of liquid salt
Tear stained, ink filled paper
Melting by each sentence

Smeared with emotions
And forfeited exiled dreams
Hidden within true words

A thousand tears have been shed
A thousand shards scattered
A thousand miles shredded

Journal lines blurred
Ink, blotted out of existence
Thoughts turned sorrowful

Phrases slowly disperse
Fervor washed in reality
Belief choked in truth

A thousand tears have been shed
A thousand shards scattered
A thousand miles shredded

Forest turned to sand
Desert scorches the green grass
River of hope; barren

Inkwell burnt and fried
Charred in the Arizona sun
Evaporating words

A thousand tears have been shed
A thousand shards scattered
A thousand miles shredded

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A realistic poem dear friend.
"Inkwell burnt and fried
Charred in the Arizona sun
Evaporating words Inkwell burnt and fried Charred in the Arizona sun Evaporating words "
The above lines I liked and I understood. We shall know a thousand pieces of things gain and lost. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you for your kind word...to love and have lost

[Coyote Poetry]

You are right and you are welcome dear friend.

[Neville]

There is something significant about a thousand isn't there.. ten times greater than a hundred .. etc etc

filled with feelings of loss, of hurt, of distance, of bereavement maybe...

Neville

[Poetic Beauty]

Arizona is roughly a thousand miles from where I live. Give it take a few hundred miles or so. So yes a thousand is significant.

[Neville]

well that's cleared that one up then.. shoulda guessed, I guess .. cheers :)

[conversations with her ..]

THIS.

super relatable, you're a natural!

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. A thousand miles actual represent a real distance. Hidden meanings are within many of my poems.

[London]

It's amazing how people aren't shredded apart by distance I wish you a good future additionally I looooooooove your writing please make more

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you so much. Distance many times does destroy relationships. Its difficult and not for everyone that is for sure.

[London]

I feel that. Not story time though Haha..
I'll just be in my corner.

[Weeping willow]

Very emotional write,speaks many words. ;-] Most of pain of thousands of tears,Journal lines blurred ink,blotted out of existence
thoughts turned sorrow.

[Poetic Beauty]

Yes this is a very emotional write of a lost love. 1200 miles apart but we still remain friends and both of us have people in our lives.

[Weeping willow]

Was a good write,glad you are friends.

[Poetic Beauty]

It is. He is my best friend. I can talk to him about anything and he just gets me and gives me blunt honesty in return.

[Wajiha Nayeem]

oh wow....great talent and wonderfully penned...i loved this work of yours...great!
keep it up.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem.

[Sami Khalil]

Very contemplative and sad. A story to be told to the ages under the hot Arizona sun. A distant recollection to be cherished in every detail. Thank you for sharing...:)....................

[Poetic Beauty]

I'm glad you enjoyed this piece. It's dear to my heart. One that screamed to be told after 10 years. Thought I had written them all on this subject;guess not.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome. ...:::)))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

our words are our tears, and poets have shed many...
the repetition really works so well in this piece.
that parchment is so soaked as to be unrecognizable...

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. This is a heartfelt piece that you would think after 10 years would scream to be written ahh but well it did.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

O! Brother! I find a bit of my own history in this ... the fervor of love washed in reality, the thousand miles between, the reality of betrayal choking you like a vine. When your heart is open and pure with one who is deceitful and manipulative, this can only portend disaster for the most innocent and trusting of the two. A snake has no snare equal to one such as this. Well done.

[Poetic Beauty]

Ahh you got the meaning almost to a T except it's the distance that is scortching the love.

A lover from many moons ago and broken off not because loved died but because home always calls the heart.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

I'm sorry for the haunting heartache that it left behind. :-(...

[Poetic Beauty]

It has been years 10 to be exact. We still talk off and on. Complicated story but I have him as a best friend across the distance

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

As long as it brings you joy, that's great. :-)

[Poetic Beauty]

It does. I'm in a strong loving relationship of five years. My friend has helped me through some extremely rough times.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Life is an endless emotional journey, and after we depart this Earth it is a continued journey for our loved ones.

Really love this verse...

Journal lines blurred
Ink, blotted out of existence
Thoughts turned sorrowful

[Poetic Beauty]

I love your take on this poem. It is more magical than the intended meaning. I'm glad you enjoyed this piece!!