Sunday, December 15, 2013

THE FINAL EMBRACE

In the enclosed dungeon
shuddering
I lay breathless
suffocating

endlessly here forever
waiting
not to yield 
wanting


hoping for the hopeless
grace
in my destined final 
embrace

I hear the
voices
on the other
shore

the sorrows I
caused
the tears someone
bore

now it's my
heart
to them reaches
out 

yet they know of
nothing
my heart is myrrh
burning

and oblivious to my
prayer
love weeps at my 
door

19 comments:

  1. i like the parting line... it leaves reader wanting more...

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  2. Your poetry is like a story. And just when you want to know what happens, it stops. I love that!

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  3. Though this poem shares quite a bit of pain, I like that it also speaks of hope and grace; and I hope for love to triumph in the end.

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    1. yes,it is love that triumphs, but one is unable to express, and the other never knows.

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  4. quite emotive...the feeling of being trapped in waiting is def real...i have been there....that final reaching out...unsure of how it will work and the love left weeping....nice verse

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  5. We can feel the pain and also wonder about the context - and whether the dungeon is real or a metaphor. A lot of beautiful lines in your poem, Jossina!

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    1. it can be understood in both the contexts and thanks for your compliment

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  6. The ending is so sad ~ Enjoyed this one ~

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  7. 'my heart is myrrh
    burning'.........this is so poignant....

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  8. I noted the same line that Sumana did. The closing lines are so poignant.

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  9. This is deep and felt jossina. I especially like your final two stanzas.

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  10. we all have some nay regrets and when our time will come they might haunt us.

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  11. That was sad...yet beautiful... The other heart may never know...

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  12. I liked the ending lines a lot, beautifully written! :)

    Best Wishes
    Ankita

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  13. "the sorrows I caused the tears someone bore" very deep lines...and I really liked the ending!

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