Fragile

MY INSPIRATIONS FOR THIS PIECE: “ i imagine that yes is the only living thing and i imagine that hope is the only stopping place.” — e e cummings


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The fragile, unpredictable, but often surprising power of hope! Never give up!


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Fragile & Vulnerable” by: rob kistner © 11/12/23

 
Making a gaudy show of leaving
hoping she would turn and stop him
walking out the door – he’s hoping
always looking back and hoping
wondering her change o’season
hoping it would matter to her
hoping that an empty place
would open in her heart
that only he could fill
he’s hurt and fragile
hoping his leaving
left such a void
hoping deeply
ever hoping
a lost leaf
blowing
away
sad
so
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as
a lone
brittle leaf
lost n’stranded on
life’s hardened highway
can be so easily crushed
by apathy’s traffic
so sadly hope
can too
be

but so too can be the surprising power of hope ~ if one strives !

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse

 

12 thoughts on “Fragile”

  1. This poem beautifully captures the longing and vulnerability of unrequited love. It is a poignant exploration of the human heart, with all its complexities and contradictions. It invites us to reflect on the delicate balance between hope and despair, and the enduring power of love and longing.

  2. Your poem has a great shape, Rob, and I like the play on words in ‘gaudy show of leaving’ and ‘change o’ season’ – autumn teaches us how to exit in style. Such a sad leaf but, like leaves, we are taken back to the earth to live again.

  3. “a lone
    brittle leaf
    lost n’stranded on
    life’s hardened highway
    can be so easily crushed
    by apathy’s traffic
    so sadly hope
    can too
    be”

    What a perfect and sad stanza, Rob.

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