The Daily Poem! #6 - K
Today's daily poem was entered in the first ever Steemit Poets United Poetry Contest hosted by @poetrybyjeremy (https://steemit.com/contest/@poetrybyjeremy/spu-poetry-contest-1-announcement), and can be found at the following link:
https://steemit.com/poetsunited/@bennettitalia/spu-poetry-contest-1-poemtitle
Congratulations on the new contest my friend!
To fill this space, I'm reposting a poem previously published on Steemit. Special thanks to @limabeing, who, in response to my request for topics, suggested "vulnerability", the prompt for today's poem ❤️ More responses to reader suggestions on the way!
The topic is the hardest part! Your suggestions greatly appreciated 🖤
I've challenged myself to write a poem-a-day for the remainder of February (and maybe into March, we'll see how it goes...). Now that the Daily Doodle is a thing (note: I have since gone to a "Semi-Daily Doodle"), and I know that I'm actually capable of creating and posting a brand new drawing each day, I'd like to see if I can do the same with poetry.
The hardest part for me is often coming up with a topic! So please, if there's something you'd like to read a poem about, post your idea in the comments below. No topic too trivial, too deep, or too weird. It could be anything from "the meaning of life" to "used bubble gum".
K
It's only recently
Only since that first time we lost each other
When your pain showed as indifference
Disinterest
Designed to establish distance
By any means necessary
Short of breaking off
And I
Tortured
And torturing myself
With both your presence
And your absence
Devastated
Because for the first time
I had actually lost something
There had been something there to lose
It's only since that
And your coming back
And the not being able to let go
And having
At the eleventh hour
To do it myself
Because we both knew it had to be done
Knowing I will never feel this way about anyone else
And doing it anyway.
It's only since
That I've begun to be capable of thinking philosophically about it.
Before that, love
Or (before you) the facsimile of love
Was always and only devastating.
And because of this I wonder sometimes
If I've lost something, hardened
Become jaded.
If I'm cooler than I used to be
Or just cold.
©2018 Bennett Italia
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
Hah! I'm a bit picky about the challenges I choose to accept these days... but when it's the right challenge, I think that's very good advice! Thanks @dailyxkcd :)
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interesting narrative progression here, Bennett. The approach of the narrator to have love at a comfortable distance (whether by choice or necessity) and the revelations of devastation that this brought to them and the realizations it paved the path for was heavy.
This is one where I was glad to have the preface so that I could properly prepare for the emotional tole that 'vulnerability' might bring; and what's more vulnerable than love?
A great idea and execution - thank you for the share, @bennettitalia.
Thank you Alain. Yes, this one was a heavy one to write, and is still a heavy one to read. I have a feeling I could do a much better job with this particular subject matter, but for now it's a good start. Thank you for reading and feeling it so deeply.
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