Unsaid (A Villanelle-ish)
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By jennifer
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Unsaid
(A Villanelle-ish)
Jennifer Pickup 26.02.2024
I have all these words that remain unsaid,
They disappear when I pick up the phone –
Silence haunts me and the lines they go dead.
I think we both need to put this to bed,
Tie loose ends tight and then both let this go –
I have all these words that remain unsaid.
We both cut our bonds, made a gap that bled,
And neither of us dare to mend those wounds –
Silence haunts me and I feel darkness spread.
Like statues we can’t seem to move ahead,
Frozen feelings have seen too many moons –
I have all these words that remain unsaid.
My heart won’t build a bridge, nor will my head,
I can’t talk to you; you don’t contact me –
Silence haunts me as my heart it plays dead.
Between you and I there still hangs a thread –
Sometimes I worry we’ll never be free.
I have all these words that remain unsaid –
Silence haunts me, as does Time’s heavy tread.
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Comments
Sounds like a situarion where
Sounds like a situarion where if there still is a thread of connection, saying just something small, anything, may open the door to some progressing communication rather than trying to say all the haunting 'unsaids'. Rhiannon
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the repetition is in the
the repetition is in the words and emotions circle back and reveal?
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Congratulations! This is our Pick of the Day 27th February 2024
A successful attempt at a fiendishly difficult form of poetry, and that's why it is today's pick of the day.
Well done.
Please share on social media, readers.
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On two levels a very good
On two levels a very good poem; using the difficult Villanelle form to portray an unresolved situation so that it loops back upon itself - for me brilliant Jennifer, and golden cherries as well!
Dougie Moody
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Very well deserved golden
Very well deserved golden cherries Jennifer - maybe writing this will help you get out of the loop? ;Meant to write this comment ages ago - sorry!
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