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[johnjgeddes]

I waited

But you didn’t come;

Looked for you

In leaves

rushing

Down lonely streets,

The sky wild

With moon and cloud

And lamps’ shadows

On a wall.

Desolate

And adrift

As falling leaves

my thoughts

Whirled about

winding streets

and blown

scraps of poems

scattered

in empty lots…

So haunted,

the ghosts

Stayed home

© 2017, John J Geddes. All rights reserved

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Comments

[anneke]

Beautiful -haunting and sad , but most of all beautifull

[johnjgeddes]

thanks, @anneke. You always make meaningful comments - I appreciate that

[anneke]

No problem - your work is easy to comment on

[rajibansary]

Voting for the each other

[johnjgeddes]

You're not supposed to ask for votes, my friend

[countrygirl]

the poem reads as breathless and desperate as the seeker....beautiful but sad at the same time

[johnjgeddes]

Wow! Didn't think anyone would get that. Thanks, countrygirl

[abdelhamidtsouli]

@abdelhamidtsouli

[johnjgeddes]

Thank you

[lydon.sipe]

What love will cause us to do.

[johnjgeddes]

so true... thanks, lydon

[mrblu]

Nice poem jhon keep it up ..

[johnjgeddes]

thank you

[killerflu]

I really like the way you made "leaves" and "streets" rhyme. Not sure if you meant to do that.

[johnjgeddes]

Thanks, @killerflu. I use proximate or near rhyme sparingly but continually throughout my poems and even my stories. It sets up an inward music in the hearer's mind...or so I hope :)

[tinajordan]

Haunting... this piece moved me so... Beautifully penned, John. :)

[johnjgeddes]

thank you, Tina - check my comments on your recent poems :)

[awgbibb]

Beautiful Imagery, Does allude to me,Doing My Daily Search for my phone ! Yesterday I had muted it so took half the Day to find it in the back of my truck!

[johnjgeddes]

Thanks @awgbibb - BTW, I kept losing my phone. keys, cheater/reading glasses etc. so I purchased a product called Tile - it's several small tiles that go on the 4 items you keep misplacing and it allows you to track and find them, including your phone, even if it's muted - It's about $100. CAD - don't know what that is in South Africa though :)

[littlerph]

Sad story but amazing piece. This poem is awesome @johnjgeddes. :) I like it. ^^

[johnjgeddes]

thanks, I'm glad, @littlerph - appreciate your response

[littlerph]

You are very welcome @johnjgeddes. :) Your poems are just beautiful, i can't help but appreciate them. ^^

[joselito]

Heartbreaking poem. I like the painting though.

[johnjgeddes]

thanks, yes, pain is brutal - but sadness can be beautiful

[buckydurddle]