Written for dVerse, Threads of Feelings
To Understand
Certain days breed “what-if” thoughts
Gray, cold days locked inside, (k)not days
hot blood pumping days, no hiding the phrase
what if
Off-handed mention of sultry saxophone, you remembered,
made a birthday mix-tape, gypsy music
pisces, both of us
adhering to romance, fantasy, happily dream-dwelling.
You understood me, sometimes, mostly, but
you weren’t my soul my heart my love.
Some twenty years later, your passion, who fought the good fight
against a cruel, horrid enemy, passed. I did think of you, single parent
grieving children, grieving you, hoping you strength but filed away thoughts.
Yet today, thinking of love tokens, the mix tape came to mind. From you.
Not my passion, but someone who reached inside to understand.
How seldom that is, you know, someone cares enough to understand.
end
Sascha Darlington 3/7/2018
Life is a chain of what if’s linked by love.
Oh the music mix tape, what a great memory… I remember how much it meant recording one or receiving one…
Oh, I remember mix tapes. They were such a massive symbol of whatever relationship it was. I remember a break up one that made me sob. Those last two lines are beautiful. There’s something about some relationships that don’t work, but still mean something very special. I really loved this piece.
Beautiful memories… the mix-tape always sealed the deal.
Nice last line: “How seldom that is, you know, someone cares enough to understand.” A good reason to keep that memory in mind.
“someone who reached inside to understand.” I have a few music tapes my husband put together over 25 years ago! Not sure what I would play them on today! Nice poem.
The mix tape… Somehow the cassette says so much. Great take on the tokens. There are many threads of feelings in this, ambivalent as some may be. It works, feels real.
Lovely wistful layered piece, Sascha, from the opening line to the final line. 💙 And I adore that artwork. 💙💙