Eyes shut
fingers fumble
numbers forgotten
I cannot dial the phone
I search
desperately
longing to hear
a voice gone silent
waking after dreams
the melody lingers
I face reality
a single life
my cage
I can only sing the tune remembered
Ceenoa
happiness in the small moments
The Tune Remembered
34 responses to “The Tune Remembered”
-
“longing to hear a voice gone silent…” Your words strike a chord. I like this a lot.
LikeLike
-
Hope it wasn’t a discordant chord. A plaintive chord is how it feels to me.
LikeLike
-
-
sad.
LikeLike
-
How sad. 😦 Well written though!! But sad…
LikeLike
-
Thanks Jen, for your kind words.
LikeLike
-
-
Lonely. I’ve been there.
LikeLike
-
Thanks for your comment Natalie.
LikeLike
-
-
Such sadness envelopes this poem.
LikeLike
-
This dream always stirs me up for days afterwards. I can’t really express what it does to me.
LikeLike
-
-
“waking after dreams/the melody lingers” You capture the longing so perfectly.
LikeLike
-
I try, I still can’t get it right, there is too much of it sometimes. Thanks for your nice comment.
LikeLike
-
-
“I can only sing the tune remembered.” The prison within. Great take!
LikeLike
-
We always create the strongest bars ourselves.
LikeLike
-
-
Oh, yeah, I know that tune. Great response to the prompt, too!
LikeLike
-
Thank you. It is a “popular” tune!
LikeLike
-
-
This makes me glad that the lonely years are so far behind me.
LikeLike
-
🙂 lucky you.
LikeLike
-
-
I OFTEN dream of not being able to operate a phone. It’s so frustrating! (I know that’s not really what this is about.)
LikeLike
-
In a way it is. I do have this dream, and I believe it is a symbol of the fact that I can’t “find” him, but it is always a phone the evokes the worst feelings
LikeLike
-
-
Your sadness is tangible here, Claudette. After reading this, I miss him too. ❤
LikeLike
-
Thanks Nate. I know I’m biased, but he was great. 🙂
LikeLike
-
-
So much pain 😦
LikeLike
-
Other moments are filed with happiness. If there is no pain how can you know you are happy?
LikeLike
-
-
The pain, the sorrow is conveyed beautifully.
LikeLike
-
Thank you for reading and commenting so kindly.
LikeLike
-
-
Beautiful last line.
LikeLike
-
I quite liked it when it came out, very truthful to me too. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.
LikeLike
-
-
Memories can chain us and free us. This is truth.
LikeLike
-
A chain that we create link by link
LikeLike
-
-
You got me!! That is beautiful. Gut wrenchingly heartbreaking. I am crying. Amazing eyes!! You could drown in those!! Huge hug my gorgeous girl!! xxxxx
LikeLike
-
Aah, he did indeed, and I did, and I still do. Blue, like mine they were. No crying, now. he past is another country, for most of the time anyways. Drink and be merry I say (sipping my Schnapps helps).
Hugs right back to you.LikeLike
-
Ceenoa 
Happiness is kind words from a friend …..