when the one who once inspired has left the scene.. but wonders..


'Do you still write poetry?'




Days come and go

when I dance

almost elf-like across the folds

of the weave of life

and thoughts never

land too deep to get caught.



But sometimes

I stumble onto memories

All created with you

And I fall helplessly

Into the glacial fissure

of regret and

shuddering awareness of loss.



Then I write poetry

Secret lines

that I hide from my own eyes

as soon as they have bled forth

Things I should not see

If I want to walk straight

Not tearfully blundering.



Oh yes, I write at times,

But things so delicate

So fragile that they bleed on touch

Cannot be moved at all,

look best where they are

like spring-flowers

wilting when plucked,

most beautiful where they first grew.




Poetry by Teddy Donobauer
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Written on 2007-08-02 at 19:04

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kath
a beautiful poem touching the sensetive truth we carry inside but sometimes deny in order to survive the next day ....

best wishes
kath
2007-08-02