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Temptation
When there seemed all the space in the world
Of a place unbound in life's orbit
This was, after all, a rule of thumb
And your touch became unthinkable.
To live in a time that has run out,
No room to stretch one's limitations,
What does it all mean to be standing
So adrift on the edge and not know.
To fathom the next exhalation
As being one's last of temptation,
It no longer matters nor should it
This close to a lost art abandoned.
And as the last air that I swallow
Buys me scant little time to indulge,
I won't try to sully this moment
'Twas my fortune to know life at all.
April 26 ( NaPoWriMo 2017 )
Of a place unbound in life's orbit
This was, after all, a rule of thumb
And your touch became unthinkable.
To live in a time that has run out,
No room to stretch one's limitations,
What does it all mean to be standing
So adrift on the edge and not know.
To fathom the next exhalation
As being one's last of temptation,
It no longer matters nor should it
This close to a lost art abandoned.
And as the last air that I swallow
Buys me scant little time to indulge,
I won't try to sully this moment
'Twas my fortune to know life at all.
April 26 ( NaPoWriMo 2017 )
Published 26th Apr 2017
| Edited 26th Feb 2018
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26th Apr 2017 3:50pm
I like the poems circulation of the known and unknown
To fathom the next exhalation
As being one's last of temptation,
It no longer matters nor should it
This close to a lost art abandoned.
How can a poet write so fateful and triumphant at the same time? You handle language so well.
RL
sir thomas cat...
To fathom the next exhalation
As being one's last of temptation,
It no longer matters nor should it
This close to a lost art abandoned.
How can a poet write so fateful and triumphant at the same time? You handle language so well.
RL
sir thomas cat...
26th Apr 2017 6:15pm
You surround me with honors, dear thomas, and my gratitude for the trilogy.
27th Apr 2017 4:04am
27th Apr 2017 2:20pm
Your arrival to read/comment on anything I write is always, for me, a time of thanks most grateful, dear Whale.
