Pretty Boy
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I had to read this a few times, but it's relatable. I like the somber vibe it gives off.
 Just a few things...





(04-28-2016, 12:06 AM)Gretel Wrote:  Pretty Boy
 
We sit together on a log
Looking across the reservoir
 
Admiring the autumn colors
Layered under the blue sky --- This is a bit fluffy... Takes away from what you're trying to convey
 
Yellow, orange, brown and evergreen
Cast reflections serene
 
A quiet breeze sets the tone
for what would be our last afternoon 
 
You’re more quiet than usual - I would put a comma here? Maybe
While I get up to search for bones
 
Fisherman in their boat
Don’t pay us any note
 
A crow calls out overhead
His fortuitous cry piercing the silence
 
What was it you were thinking?
I now know with regret
 
I wish we had sat and held hands
and confessed our hearts’ discontent
 
Perhaps we could have saved ourselves from anguish
Perhaps we could have saved what was left  - "what was left".. I really like the way it sounds with "Hearts' discontent" 
 
For that quiet afternoon this past October
was our last meeting as lovers


Messages In This Thread
Pretty Boy - by Gretel - 04-28-2016, 12:06 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by humility - 04-28-2016, 12:23 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by Gretel - 04-28-2016, 12:47 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by humility - 04-28-2016, 01:11 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by Todd - 04-28-2016, 01:02 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by laltieri0 - 04-28-2016, 08:00 PM
RE: Pretty Boy - by Gretel - 05-07-2016, 03:32 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by Jae Mc Donnell - 05-08-2016, 03:59 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by litQueen - 02-26-2017, 03:23 PM
RE: Pretty Boy - by RiverNotch - 02-27-2017, 01:00 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by nibbed - 02-27-2017, 11:41 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by alyssa - 03-09-2017, 11:26 AM
RE: Pretty Boy - by operadiva - 03-10-2017, 05:18 AM



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