Regret Two

Gold cherry

By D G Moody

Mon, 01 Jul 2024
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Our love died on the special day I remembered,
but then it became the day you forgot;
and it’s now not the dying I regret,
but the fact of regretting
that you had forgot.

   

© D G Moody 2024                                                                                                                                    (Image courtesy of Tom Franz from Wikimedia Commons)

             

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Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Intriguing thought twister or rather untwister. Analyses of what emotions really were in brief encounters, and how each is really left feeling afterwards must be revealing. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by D G Moody on

Thanks Rhiannon. It is about how any relationship can falter, sometimes permanently, over one seemingly trivial lapse which then becomes the catalyst that finally breaks it; and once that rubicon is crossed there is no going back. Luckily, I make a point of remembering my own wifes important dates!

Dougie Moody

Submitted by Tom Brown on

How can you regret what someone else forgot?

Moody best is put your pride in your pocket and warn her in advance of your anniversary. That would prevent months of moping and sulking once and for all. Works every time, these things are just simply not that important for women. Now her birthday, well that is a lot more tricky, you'll remember next year (so far away). You need to plan well in advance.

All the best! Tom

 

Submitted by D G Moody on

Thanks Tom Brown, for your reading and commenting. The idea behind the poem is best expressed in my reply to Rhiannon above, Suffice to say it is a work of imagination and in no way reflects on my own life experience.

Dougie Moody

Submitted by sean mcnulty on

Succinct, inventive, heartfelt. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please share and retweet!

 

Submitted by D G Moody on

Thanks Sean and all in the team, for the cherries and the pick of the day, it was a pleasant suprise to garner this honour. 

Dougie.

Dougie Moody