Greeting unexpected,
Surprised.
Smile a loud hello.
Then quickly recollect this one
Was from,
Oh, so long ago.
A different time, another life
When youth
Bound both together.
When talking never
Felt so strange,
We could chat about whatever.
Then something changed,
Indelibly imprinted,
Conversations to recall,
Remembrances of later days
Compared to when, no
Silence found at all.
Time. It changes everything.
Where once laughter
Fuelled our words,
Moments pass unnoticed,
Now smiling
Seems absurd.
No joy in happy memories
When awkward
Is about,
Tiptoeing thru’ thorn’d hedges,
Manic hilarity
Wants to shout
At loss of what was
So freely sought
And more than freely given,
Tongue-tied now
Creates, for some,
A hellish kind of heaven.
A purgatory of great unknowing.
Can road be traversed
Once again?
Or does what is past
Remain there dead, undead,
No more giving, no more given?
Some friends have gone
And lovers too,
Spouses, all those chosen,
When discomfiture steals
The heat from all, leaves
Hearts stiff and almost frozen.
Lapsed, neglected
Relationships
From distant long ago,
Or stagnant pools of
Disquietude
Presented now may show
A failing sense of interaction,
Transmission
Gone astray.
Communication
Misunderstood.
Relationships end this way.
Open windows, open doors,
Vent
And so aerate.
Open hearts and open minds
Help to keep
All attachments great.
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