Poetry Starts With 'Us

And Ends With 'Bled

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

I had remained all my life, anonymous

You had right-brained yourself, anomalous

You left-brained me from the monotonous

Full-mindedly unchained the tenuous

...

I had been forever hopeful

The likes of us would wax growthful

Inside and out — both — beautiful

Giving and taking — both — bountiful

...

But hearts grew apart — disassembled

And, quite differently — reassembled

Without each, singled-down and gambled

Having never been — and the jetsam we resembled

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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