Poetry by
Shannon L. Delsol

Melancholy

Lack of Presence
breezes
Dead Bird
collapse
Origami Woman
Kindling
Supping on My Soul
The Famished Muse
A Voyage Made in Vain
The Well is Dry
Mascara
My Incubus
Fear is My Governess
It's All the Same to Me
My Life's Garment
Partial Silence
Out of Synch
Green Queen
Old Wetsuits
Malevolence
The Seasons of My Heart
The Occasion of My Birth
Memories
These Shadowed Lines
A Seaman's Daughter
Four Birds of Prey
I Always Worried
Sweet Oblivion

Lost Loves
Phantoms

Reared Within a Prison
Deep Blue John
medusa 
Apology Not Accepted

*Home*

   Lost Loves

Caressing notches on her belt,
immersed in deep reflection,
faces of lost loves emerge.

Though few in number,
each nick is well preserved.

Hoping to expel the past
slight fingers work the buckle.

The adornment drops to no avail;
deep cuts have scarred her skin.

Written August 27, 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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