Poem: New York Rain
Warm summer night in New York City
Rain falling
Landing on my cheek
Foreshadowing the tears
That would be there tomorrow.
A gentleman, you said.
Friendship, you said.
Respect, you said.
And I believed.
The heat in your eyes convinced me.
Now silence.
Yet, New York.
The beauty of New York
The intensity of a moment
The promise of magic
Lost.
An illusion of the past,
For this moment is empty
Except for the tear
That echoes the rain
That framed the kiss.
There just yesterday.
May 2011
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~ by omgrey on September 19, 2011.
Posted in Lost in the Aether, Short Fiction & Poetry
Tags: author, broken heart, grief, healing, heartbroken, honesty, infidelity, love, new york city, non-monogamy, nyc, o.m. grey, olivia grey, open, open marriage, passion, poetry, polyamory, postaweek2011, relationships, romance, sex, shattered
I felt that.
*hugs*
Thank you for your lovely comment & the hug. I still feel it, too. :*(
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