Let the dead stay buried down under
leave the towering weed that you planted be
The memory is blurry now, the edge has become blunter.
And that has had to be well enough for me...
Leave the untold remain unspoken,
the unspeakable you never claimed your own.
Take the unasked pardon; the world pretends to have forgotten
So play along and leave well enough alone.
Mae,
so succinct and direct. I wrote for hours yesterday about consequences of loving too much, yourself or others or power or words, that is what I was trying for in my sestina. It seems like there is a consequence here and it shouldn't be overly pursued.
Reminds me of something I say : 'Damage done never forgotten'. You may forgive but you never forget. It also works the other way. Choose carefully what you do and say......
It took me the first verse to click into rhyming. What's going on? I'm slipping....
I hope I don't come off too agressive, if read the wrong way it could be even dangerous. It's not a "shut up!" towards the reader. It's simply my occasional bitterness finding an outlet in words.I hate bitterness, but there it is.. I'm sure it has happened to you too, to everyone and anyone...A person hurts you but they're too important, too beloved for you to cast them out of your life, so you forgive them even thoug they haven't apologized, even though you can't forget, no matter how much you want to. And you pretend all is a-okay and you act normal around them but you're also cautious and a tad reluctant to trust them. Then they catch that and ask to know why? This poem is the answer to that! A sort of "If i tell you, I'll hurt you.Let it go, what's done is done anyway...so why not just get along?"
Wow, big comment!
Thank you Jason?
Mae
I like this Mae, I love the solid, gently balanced menace behind such a matter of fact request/warning.
I don't know what it's about and nor should I, and I certainly wouldn't be rude enough to ask after such a clear warning.
J. x
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Mae Foreman
Tue 6th Aug 2019 11:38
Don, you're not slipping the form is a tad quaint! And you're right. Personally I forgive poeple even when I can't forget their transgression. To be completely honest my memory is a little too sharp. That doesn't mean people have to pay for that!
Adam, don't let this scare you! I usually am honest and mellow, but like any human being sometimes I get pissed! I lash out in literary ways which allows me to maintain calm, balanced, as honest as they get relationships with even those who have really hurt me, at least those who deserve it, when the good qualities outweigh the flaws!
Thank you both gentlemen ?
Mae