1971
Poetry
by Michael F. Nyiri
Reflections From the Other Side
If by chance we should meet on a sidewalk, I will turn my head away. I will try to calm past feelings That were forsaken yesterday. Why did we join together for those few months? Why did we hover close to love? I still don't understand your nature And I still hae something to give. There's a place I see inside me Where we used to lie and dream. And take our walks by the roadside And feel the grass with our feet And a week ago you stood there And my affection had nothing to meet. You were once the darling I held close, The person I wanted to share. Then for some reason you were acting different I could tell there was nothing there. Why did we try to be lovers? Why di dyou lead me on? There are cares in this world somewhere. But they're missing, no more, they are gone. My love was a paper And yours was the knife It severed so smoothly, So clean. But my paper is torn It can never be mended And you turned away, None you'd seen.
copyright © 2001-2005 by Michael F. Nyiri
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