Twice
by Michael R. Burch
Now twice she has left me
and twice I have listened
and taken her back, remembering days
when love lay upon us
and sparkled and glistened
with the brightness of dew through a gathering haze.
But twice she has left me
to start my life over,
and twice I have gathered up embers, to learn:
rekindle a fire
from ash, soot and cinder
and softly it sputters, refusing to burn.
Originally published by The Lyric. Keywords/Tags: relationship, relationships, love, reunion, reuniting, parting, break up, breaking up, separation, divorce, fire, embers, soot, cinder, cinders, sputter, sputters, sputtering, cold, ash, ashes, remembrance
Nicely written. Once one would learn but twice, that's what love can do to one.
" when love lay upon us" , " sputters, refusing to burn" - lovely phrases that convey real feeling - very nice work
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I've thoughts of gathering embers but someone else is putting wood on her fire!