Formally Fruitless

By glasshouse

I never touched you
And your silhouette
Graced my fingertips….
A calling card,

A living breath
Taken in at last moments

(And I lost so many to you

In the name of holiness

In the name of goodwill)



And regret
Long since forgotten



I dreamed a thousand dreams
Of dying
Smothered in your scent
…And I could hold it…
I always did
So strong you were to me


And I never spoke a word to you
Never said your name
But my mouth was worthless for it
And I cloaked myself in shame and barrenness
A pride spent


A regret,
One of many,
Long since disappeared







And were eyes ever arms
I’d hold your gaze…
your hand…
your heart

And were arms ever eyes
I’d see the difference

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© 2007 glasshouse
Published on Friday, January 12, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Achingly beautiful. There's a haunting here.

  • A former member wrote: an arm to outstretch and an eye to peer into. sometimes our fantasies are given more importance than that in what we taste

  • Infekted On Monday, October 8, 2007, Infekted (1)By person wrote:

    This is beautiful, that's all I can really bring myself to say. I'm left without words to match yours.

  • What Limes On Thursday, October 4, 2007, What Limes (64)By person wrote:

    bangarang.

  • A former member wrote: .

  • Err0r On Saturday, June 23, 2007, Err0r (365)By person wrote:

    Thats such a powerful ending. It really closed the write perfectly.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    Just wonderfull.. kick ass even

  • BeautifullyRuined On Thursday, May 17, 2007, BeautifullyRuined (94)By person wrote:

    The end wrapped the poem up so beautifully.I loved it.

  • A former member wrote: Powerfully written words. You definately force and meaning and an image as well. ....-samone

  • Aunty Depressant On Saturday, January 13, 2007, Aunty Depressant (434)By person wrote:

    I'm too visual of a person...kind of creeped at the moment :P

  • coly On Saturday, January 13, 2007, coly (54)By person wrote:

    beautifull and the kid is gorgeous aswome

  • A former member wrote: To know the difference between holding a hand and holding a heart...knowing you mean something, to someone...is all a soul needs to survive, hard as it is to actually find. Beautifully relatable. ~*Beth*~

  • A former member wrote: This punched me in the hotdog. Last 6 lines were a killer. Very nicely done. ~Ship!

  • A former member wrote: Very interesting concept there at the end.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Friday, January 12, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    Wonderfull write

  • Lynaes On Friday, January 12, 2007, Lynaes (859)By person wrote:

    "I never touched you And your silhouette Graced my fingertips", I'll have to agree with Grim, you certainly not lost your touch for making delicate words hard-hitting.. Lovely work, hun.

  • elisa On Friday, January 12, 2007, elisa (1616)By person wrote:

    damn if these words don't feel wonderfully familiar......you know your way around poetic words like midnight knows it's way through darkness......as always... beautiful.

  • Grim_Sorrow On Friday, January 12, 2007, Grim_Sorrow (75)By person wrote:

    impressive, good to have you back, as shortlived as your stay may be... you havent lost your touch

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