Three Word Wednesday requires participants
to use the three words of the week in a composition.
The words this week were: desire, shiver & wilt.
To Desire. To Shiver. To Wilt.
Desire.
The wanting to have and to hold
That which is beyond you,
A fact you’ve yet to find,
A thing or a person who
Appeals
Irrationally steals
Your mind
Leaving fog in its place
Leaving you to run blindly, controlled
By the challenge of the chase.
Shiver.
There is that first moment of doubt
When what you think you saw
When viewed a bit obliquely
Displays a worrying flaw
A crack
It takes you aback
To see
What was perfect yesterday
Now has brought the shivers out
And you take a step away.
Wilt.
Everything living must die.
But love can linger on.
While it too is a living thing
The substance it feeds upon
Is care
And regular repair.
This brings
Us to where most tears are spilt—
If nourishment is not oft applied
Love will quickly wilt.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2015
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A very moving trio.
ReplyDeleteEverything requires tending and caring for...and this was a very tender poem J Cosmo..I felt it...
ReplyDeleteYou've used them to create a good progression of ideas.
ReplyDeleteYes, love must tended carefully.
ReplyDeleteA sad progression of love wilts - that is something to watch against and resist.. Well used words.
ReplyDeletesuch a tender write, keep writing
ReplyDeletethe substance love feeds upon is care... i like that... and yeah..if we're not careful it will wilt faster than we can look
ReplyDeletelove lives on care....ha...yes it does...
ReplyDeleteand repair for sure...love takes work...
its not just piece of art you enjoy...
but much more active...
love how you put those three words into a poem... much hope in this
ReplyDeleteThose last two lines are powerfully true.
ReplyDeleteOh this is exactly the progression and the wisdom in your closing stanza should be taught to bumbling humans at some point in their "schooling"...........
ReplyDeleteExcellent saga of what happens to desire ... with rhyme and symmetry. Love!
ReplyDeleteWow! That works!
ReplyDeleteZQ
I love how you melded these three words together....you describe them so completely. I especially loved...
ReplyDelete'A thing or a person who
Appeals
Irrationally steals
Your mind
Leaving fog in its place'
'Irrational steal' and 'love a living thing feeding on care'.... Loved these two expressions.
ReplyDeleteThe final movement is my favourite, i like the way you used wilt to tie together the first and second
ReplyDeleteMuch love...
Love is a patient gardener
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. I liked the first stanza a lot
ReplyDeleteWell done...again. :)
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