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| Meredith Frampton, 'A Game of Patience' 1937 |
Take me back to the
place where time stood still…
Would each one of us were able
to read the other’s thoughts so well—
anticipate
the other’s fate...
to lay our cards out on the table,
expose what’s guarded deep within.
How discomfiting to tell
what it is you feel inside…
Might there be something left for me?
I never knew that when we fell
then stood again, a piece was lost…
And so compelled, I now confide
no poker face; my cards exposed...
(yet through the years
you’ve never shared;
nor
have I, although I’ve tried)
constrained in limbo to remain
ever
by another’s side.
© Ginny Brannan 2014
On concept of 'love's labours lost'
Sharing at Magpie Tales #226. Image provided by Tess Kincaid, she provides the image, we the story!
On concept of 'love's labours lost'
Sharing at Magpie Tales #226. Image provided by Tess Kincaid, she provides the image, we the story!
A poignant offering - some houses of cards are destined to fall...
ReplyDeleteMoving words, I like.
ReplyDeleteLove the write
ReplyDeleteVery sincere I feel - I hope life's cards are kind to you ~ Eddie
Clouds and Silvery Linings
I loved this one - together in limbo indeed. I can relate to this in sorts with the kind of cards I've been dealt, but I've had winning streaks too!
ReplyDeleteOh dear, all cards are not made to stand tall at all! Nice magpie!
ReplyDeleteif we could read each others thoughts...or if we shared our inner most thoughts...i wonder if we would be so scared...or if it would truly free us, you know....
ReplyDeleteLimbo is not a place I care to be any more, but this poem tells us how we got there and I guess, how to get out, if we have the courage.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully penned. A sense of loneliness and isolation in the face of (desired) company.
ReplyDeleteConstrained in limbo to remain.... excellent line!
ReplyDelete"I never knew that when we fell then stood again, a piece was lost."
ReplyDeleteRather remarkable, IMO.
There's such sadness in this. It's lovely though!
ReplyDeleteIt is not always good to read thoughts of others as you never know what you might find..lovely thoughts here
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