Medley of a divorce

by Daisy if you do   Feb 5, 2012


Medley of a divorce

Relics of a union
nested in the beams of this house
purging secrets from places they have dwelt

Marriage license, mortgage note,
a picture of my parents locked in an embrace
Through eyes united two lives had begun
In my ancestral forest
Etched for eternity, two souls together

Trying to grasp
splintered memories
of a past that's left behind
We're left to reminisce
ties that bind lay broken,
oceans of why's,
of things that could have been.
The symbol of infinity
Two souls as one, never to depart

More prevalent now,
good intentions,
fall to the wayside.

This poem was created using 20 different lines from 20 different poems of mine. Thanks Melpomene for the challenge.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Clown

    I guess you can call this a chimera of poetry, a beautiful chimera at that. Like a griffen, perfectly molding together peices of differnt beautiful poems to create this one amazingly wonderfully emotional peice. Not one line by itself was less amazing then the whole peice. AMAZING WORK KAY!

  • 12 years ago

    by Maple Tree

    I love this piece! Very creative~ You wrote an emotional poem here... powerful challenge... well done~

  • 12 years ago

    by Melpomene

    Kay,*

    I'm surprised at how well this all came together! I know these are lines from previous poems of yours and I recognized a couple of them but when taken and placed into a completely different context they're unique. If I hadn't of known this poem was made up of already written lines I would have thought this was a completely fresh poem.

    It's amazing how well the concept came together. You had some strong symbolism throughout. I enjoyed the use of relics, it reminds me of ancient times and with the idea of divorce I guess when you're married it feels like you've spent several life times with that one person. I was caught by the emotion, while I've never been married I can understand this from the perspective of a child who has experienced separation of parents and I don't think I expected to be as overcome by sadness as I was when I finished the poem.

    This came together beautifully, I tried to pick a piece that captured me most but I feel if I pulled apart pieces that they wouldn't encompass the beauty they did as a whole, especially since they're already amazing lines from other amazing pieces.

    Congrats again on winning Jan's challenge!
    -Mel

  • 12 years ago

    by Edward D Zurovec

    Oh! MY!

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