What is it
about you
that I don’t deserve?
Or what is it
about me
that feels undeserving
of you?
There is
something dividing us
always
the sense of
a missing connection.
I have always
wanted this friendship
and never fully understood
what you wanted
from this us.
Unmatched expectations
Unbalanced desires
Uneven communication,
These create fragility
leading to breakdown
and hurt
But how do you mourn
the loss
of an ethereal relationship?
.
[ this is my response to Pooky’s Poetry Prompt 24 – Fragile Friendships ]
42 Days Younger than Kylie 
A very moving poem, Peter. One to read aloud and contemplate.
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Thanks for your lovely words Tricia. I read this through today, for the second time, after a day of not-thinking-about-poetry-and-relationships, and it hit me back quite hard.
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I think his is emotional and felt I through;) love it:)
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Thanks for reading and feeling and commenting! I am just realising that a lot of my writing is emotional, because that is how I feel and what I am going through at this time.
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Emotion is a good thing:)
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It can feel very strange and foreign.
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But the great thing is most people at some point have been there or are going through so I find the writing that relates most is what connects best:)
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That comes from deep down I suspect. Wonderful piece
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Yes it does Julia, as does almost all of my writing I suspect. Thanks for adding your thoughts!
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This is beautiful and asks so many difficult questions which make for uncomfortable exploration
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Thankyou Pooky, I’m glad you find it beautiful. It’s difficult to assess what I write because it is all beautiful to me in a way. Uncomfortable exploration for some, I do understand, but exploration that I want/need/am-ready to do.
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“Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.”
—D. W. Winnicott
This perfectly summarised my feelings re poetry so no doubt it does the same for you xx
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Oh my goodness that is just spot on! 😀
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How sad..
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Hi Chatty. Are questions sad in themselves? Or is that in the emotions that the questions bring out?
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The emotions that get evoked by questions..
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