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poem to an x-husband on his birthday

we danced the rhythms of our lives and then
we complicated love, our urban eye opera:
my gypsy violin and your Spanish guitar were strung
with dissonance and the music died
like a stillborn child
between                     us

today       I remember how we once loved
in our untamed blue-jeaned
                   yearning

Love         does not die, it just changes rhythm,
it just changes          partners.

I remember.              Don't you?





— Kailashana, Mar 18, 2010

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Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dearest Mum

I remember that dance that love ... beautifully put and what a lovely poem gift love and big hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x x
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Lovers are innocent… we

Lovers are innocent... we always think it will last forever...and in a way it does....doesn't it? Thanks Judy. Hugs right back at ya! ~ Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 2 months ago

like a stillborn child between us

Ann of Norway Ow, wow what! I can hear the discordant music of those two instruments and the sound horrifies me, no wonder you changed your tune! And yet as you say once loved, always loved, in spite of changes in life's way. My X has had no poetry from me, that would be a test! Love to you Anna from anuska
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RobertKnott

16 years 2 months ago

what do i know

of love? 't is as a violet hue; the color of the atmosphere; always hot waiting to be cooled yet always so cold, only the bonfire could melt its heart. what of my part? I weep more laughter than is allowed. And i cry galaxies for one tear, yours, to drop un-heeded.
arja

arja

16 years 2 months ago

…its another love poem!

...its another love poem! but not "just" another... ;) [ SIGH ] ..i love this piece, and this line is my favorite: "Love does not die, it just changes rhythm" ..and so the music of love lives on to tell of its wonderful story..touching lives and reaching out through poetry.. :)
xena465

xena465

16 years 2 months ago

It’s nice that you still

It's nice that you still care about him and sent him a birthday wish. If it was my ex-husband, his birthday was on the 13th March, My message would be...DROP DEAD. Sorry, he was a horrible man and I got rid of him 32 years ago, but I still remember his birthday. Rosina xena465
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Thank you all for reading.

Thank you all for reading. I sent him the poem, talked to him via Skype. He said "you love me". Well, kinda of. lol. ~A Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Funny thing, perhaps because

Funny thing, perhaps because I have lived long enough, I seem to remember the good times more than the bad. I suppose that's why I stayed with him as long as I did too, which wasn't necessarily the best thing. But who knows a different future than the one we lived? ~A Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

I read my daughter the poem

I read my daughter the poem this morning. She and her father are on the outs since he chose to return to Peru (and other land-standing issues). Anyhow she said (after I read the title): poem to an x husband on his birthday fuck you. the end. ~A ROFLMAO, Chip off the old block, eh? Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

ROTFLMFAO something someone

ROTFLMFAO something someone I know might say too ... thats too fucking funny lol night mum I am off to bed I am fubared love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Nite, princess. You would

Nite, princess. You would love your sister and she you. She has even fewer *niceties* than I. ;-) hugs of love, and a tender good nite kiss Mum Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar