Alphabet of Ending Love (Inspiration Point)

Cherry

By jennifer

Fri, 06 Feb 2009
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Alphabet of Ending Love (6th February, 2009, 11.20pm)

And where are my last chances?
Before the end, there must be a sign;
Could you not spare me one warning?
Desperate to break the bonds of love;
Easier to leave than to discuss.

Freedom is the only choice you crave; I
Gave you all that I could spare of my
Heart, but those tender morsels
I offered up were an incomplete meal.

Jilt me, trample me like buffalo;
Kiss me once, at least, before you go;
Love will not be disentangled so.

My soul lies scattered in your kitchen;
Nothing can glue the pieces right; I
Oscillate between hurt and understanding;
Perhaps in the end, the time is right.

Question not the motive you lay on me,
Rights do not exist in courts of love;
Sex was just a means of communicating;
There were not always words enough.

Undo the web you’ve woven for me;
Venture an inroad into my mind;
When I miss you, that crumb will be a
Xenon; it will place that sweet solace
You bestowed in the aftermath at the
Zenith of my loss; enhance life without you.

Jennifer Pickup

Xenon: http://www.crosswordpuzzlehelp.net/dictionary.php?q=xenon

Certificate U
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Mind Stew (2009)
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Comments

Submitted by jennifer on
Hmmm, I confess I don't really know if I am using it quite correctly, since the word is new to me! I was going to wimp out and use an 'e-' at the end of the preceding line, then start the line with 'xcite' and be crap about the rigidity, but then I decided to do some proper research until I found a suitable 'x' word! Thank you for the kind comment, however! Thought I'd have a stab...to be un-PC... J x

 

Submitted by jennifer on
Well, check the link I included and a different meaning comes up! Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it! J x

 

Submitted by Crackersville on
I liked it, but I think you are contradicting yourself. Perhaps intentionally.

 

Submitted by sean mcnulty on
I agree, the use of Xenon is magnificent, spontaneous and beautiful. 'When I miss you, that crumb will be a Xenon.' Pure poetry, mysterious and enticing.

 

Submitted by sean mcnulty on
Even more perfect is the cryptic crossword connection just made. I can't write poetry, but I admire so much poetry that operates like a cryptic crossword. I'm terrible at cryptic crosswords also, of course.

 

Submitted by jennifer on
Hang on, I haven't stated that it isn't a gas! Does everyone agree that the poem works if we take Xenon to be a gas? How am I contradicting myself?

 

Submitted by sean mcnulty on
It works with any of the definitions, that's the beauty of it.

 

Submitted by Bradene on
Gas or not I think the poem is lovely. Val x

Submitted by jennifer on
Thank you, Val, and Sean! J x

 

Submitted by Crackersville on
The more I read this poem, the harder I try not to sense a big reality hidden here. It's good and that was my reaction, take it or leave it. A good contradicting poem, perhaps intentionally.

 

Submitted by tcook on
The mere fact that a gay young thing like you, who should be out listening to modern beat combos, is a home at half eleven on a Friday night doing this is worth a cherry in itself. As it is, the poem thoroughly deserves it too.

Submitted by jennifer on
Why, thank you very much for the Cherries, Tony! My huge clubbing night in Bristol was ruined by snow and ice preventing friends making it, so instead I went for a curry locally with a different friend, driving very carefully over the skating rink, and then came home and checked out the inspiration point, when I was instantly inspired to write this! Plus, it would be dancing to metal, not listening to beat combos, am not that civilised! Hehe! x Thanks, Cracks, for the compliment, I will take it! J x

 

Submitted by MistakenMagic on
This is brilliant Jennifer, particularly the last stanza ;) Magic xxx

 

Submitted by niki72 on
Brilliant poem. I wouldn't even know where to start.

 

Submitted by Ewan on
'Does it work?' Yes.

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