I cannot look
at broken stair
where foot slipped
and ankle bent
as apple basket fell
no voice came
just a final gasp
those tender lips
will not know again
sweet fruit
nor breath
nor love
moonlight caresses
a lifeless form
blackness presses in
*
rob kistner © 2023
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Dark stuff, Bro. Quadrilliffico!
Deep ebony Ron… 😉
Oh gosh … this is beautifully deep and poignant, Rob!
Thank you Sanaa… 🙂
Oh no!
Yeah, bummer huh? 🙂
Wow, Rob.
Wow.
My dark alterego…
That final gasp is so sad. That blackness pressing in, in the last line, sums up this tragic ending.
I was looking for a brief that that would express finality Grace…
O My Goodness!! I haven’t fallen down the stairs yet, I hold onto the handrails going up and down. Have you?
Oops, yes, I did, in Ireland, outside in a garden, the steps were concrete. Right away two younger folk came rushing to pick me up. I just wanted to lay there for a bit. The premise owners took me many miles to and ER, I had a broken kneecap and had blood all over me. After, a Taxi brought Mrs. Jim and me back and then I drove about 60 miles to Dublin.
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I have not fallen seriously yet. Ouch Jim! That must have been painful. Sorry to hear that…
This hit home. well written quadrille.
Thank you Rog… 🙂
Wow–that went dark, Rob!
I hope you and Kathy are extra careful on the stairs!
We try to avoib bark stairs… 🙂
“presses” that verb caught me off-gaurd. Dark stuff, Robb. We both went in the dark side for this one. ????
I went dark and light, both drew me… 🙂
Damn!! A powerful one!
Pat
Thank you Pat… 🙂
“moonlight caresses
a lifeless form”
Deep and beautiful, Rob. 🙂
Thank you Kitty… 🙂
Why do I like this poem so much? Maybe dark depressing reality is not so bad after all. Well done, Rob.
I think it stirs the feelings of sorrow , which reminds us of love and empathy. I believe darkness stimulates as much positive emotion as it does negative. Helps us feel human, and fortunate that it’s not us. Darkness makes the light seem even brighter.
A gasp of sadness, this.
Darkness helps the light appear brighter… 🙂