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Letting Go

Posted by Silver Spun Sand on April 16, 2009 - 20:38
from the ABC set Silver Spun Sand Poems

Best to let love go, but gently,
for love is precious, love is rare.
We’ll let it melt into the air
as deliquescent chords
of the cello.

Best to let love go, but tenderly –
bid farewell to whatever we had
and with its ending
create a new beginning.

Best to let love go, but softly,
as is offered up a prayer
to some or other god
we pretend we believe in.

Let the violets go
you once pinned in my hair
one balmy summer’s night
when someone, somewhere,
played violin; a melody
drifting on by,
on the wings of a zephyr.

Best to let them go, but preciously,
the life we shared –
for the sheer hell of it.

I climbed mountains with you,
saw fern fronds unfurl with you –
baked bread with you.
Made butterfly shadows
on a bedroom wall with you ...
shared the oneness of the dawn.

Best we let love go, but willingly.
Not because our hearts
have grown cold, but because
we have given all we owned.
Nothing more, nothing less,
than our one living moment.

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Comments

MistakenMagic | April 16, 2009 - 21:52

Tina, what can I say? This is just beautiful! Worth a million zillion cherries in my book! Lovely rhythm and the repetition works really well. Love the music theme too. Excellent. Brilliant. Excellent.

Magic xxx

Silver Spun Sand | April 16, 2009 - 21:57

I get the feeling you like this, Magic. And to me, that is worth all the tea in China ... and some:-)

Tina xxx

Dynamaso | April 17, 2009 - 05:26

The last stanza brought tears to my eyes. Seriously. The whole piece is just beautiful but the last... Phew, absolutely superb.

Silver Spun Sand | April 17, 2009 - 09:04

Ta muchly, Dynamaso:-)

Tina

threeleafshamrock | April 17, 2009 - 14:24

Beautiful, moving and so sad. You do this kind of poem perfectly...but then you have had the terrible experience that some of us have not. Gotta be a cherry here soon!

Chris XX

Silver Spun Sand | April 17, 2009 - 14:39

Chris - many thanks for your empathetic words and for reading:-)

Tina xxx

MistakenMagic | April 19, 2009 - 16:34

Glad this one got cherried Tina ;)

Magic xxx

Silver Spun Sand | April 19, 2009 - 20:24

;-)

Tina xxxx

Nathan Bednarek | April 21, 2009 - 18:23

Amazing, just beautiful. I don't really know what else to say. The poem speaks for itself ;-)

Well done, as always.

Nathan xox

Silver Spun Sand | May 4, 2009 - 15:27

Nathan - sorry I am so late in showing my appreciation. I have only just noticed your lovely comment:-)

Tina x