Writings

I loved you once
when our exchange of letters
meant triviality and romantic escape
before pride and attraction became
mere irritation.

I loved you once
when absurdity dictated
your sense of humor
and laughter disturbed my thought
cast by anxious glances at the clock.

I loved you once
when I was your voyage of discovery
and you the great
who had just uncovered a new world
nobody else knew anything about.

I loved you once
when your child-like imagination
made the heights higher and depths
deeper putting mental pictures
into words scene by scene.

I loved you once
before unusual incidents and interests
replaced my splendor in your eyes
with fierce and heavy brooding
that vaporized our sincerity.

I love you still
with unspoken hesitation
while the stone slab of seeming madness;
shadows and vague images reflecting
in lonely water-pools hide that reality.

I love you no more
because contradiction is my nature
survival my main accommodation
and you the scholar who got too close
with a doubtful hieroglyph.

Theresa C. Newbill is a is a self described free spirit and former elementary school teacher turned writer. Her work has been widely published in various print and online magazines and she has received numerous awards for her writing.”

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