TOO FAR TOO SOON poem

By Richard L. Provencher

Mon, 29 Jun 2009
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Too Far Too Soon

Fancy house,
Victorian in style means
sharing a street with
other snooty neighbours
until one day tongues slash
and words bite

a carpenter by trade
too busy with captured hours
losing wife to inattention
and love drifted into different streams
storm clouds covering their home

missing in their lives a song
of unity.

Her bed larger when alone
his on the other side of town
remembers holding their children
long ago

before he sleeps
he kneels in tears beside his bed
and later in his dreams
he promises a
new page on the morrow.

And when he thinks of her
a smile tickles his nose.

© 2009 Richard L. Provencher
All Rights Reserved

Certificate U
Poem
POETRY - A Passage of Motion 2
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by keleph on
I like the way you've told a story here- with short phrases that hint at larger events, it's successfully subtle.

keleph

Submitted by sarah wilson on
and it flows really nicely as well:)

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Keleph and Sarah: your comments are most welcome. Thank you. I feel so blessed being married to my precious wife for the past 34 years. There are so many who have lost their loved ones, through divorce and death and I grieve for them and their loss.
Richard L. Provencher