https://dversepoets.com/2024/04/16/dverse-poetics-maggie-smith-and-conversational-mode-of-address/
I don’t know if I’ve come even close to satisfying the instructions for this poetic form…but this is what I’ve got:
I would have asked
“Why couldn’t you love me?”
But you were silent
Perhaps distracted…
I would have said
“Please look at me
With tenderness and
Not mute scorn
Please don’t ignore…”
I would have begged
“Why could we never
Have connected
Just one time
For single day?”
But you were far
Uncaring distance
Heart needed
Longed too much…
Now you both have gone
I don’t know, somewhere
One I’ve most forgotten
The other heart cannot–
You live in hidden dreams
Where candle ne’er goes out
©V.Sparrow, 2024
Stutter-Stepping Seasons 
Aching questions of the heart met with silence, but how we long to understand! The last two lines are bright with love, Vee. Beautifully written.
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Thank you, Dora, again and again–thank you!
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This is so heartbreakingly beautiful, I forgot to breathe while reading it. Stunning, Vee. 🩶
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Ohhhh, thank you–but you really need to breathe, dear heart!
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Such a moving poem Vee.
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Thank you very much, dear friend.
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Of course 👍🏼
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The sorrow of being unlistened to… rejection in plain words is preferable to silence.
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Thank you so much, Bjorn–I appreciate you taking time to read and share your thoughts. Sorry I’ve been slow to read your work and everyone’s.
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Leslie, this is heart-rendingly beautiful! Such aching love in your words… stellar writing.
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Thank you much for the wonderful response–I equate “stellar” with 5-Star. Hope your day is stellar too!💖💌💖
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Oh my, this is so sad.
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Yep, and true–one of the persons was my mother; the other, my one true love. Thanks much for reading, Keith.
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