PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

by Jeph Johnson

The metamorphosis occurs

internally

where the psyche resides

yet plays

out

in the real world

Former acquaintences

march

in

droves

over the cliff

of doubt

summoned only

via recollection

while new relations

hardly shake

your trembling hand

Friends and lovers

are best considered

melancholy memories

that dwindle

over time

I'd prefer

this phenomenon

of the diminishing essence

happen

posthumously

instead

I must suffer

while my own vitality

practices honing

its esprit

on the precipice of

madness

It was difficult

letting go

the "I love yous" 

my lovers have

bestowed

but now

I must forget

completely

their amorous declarations 

or risk

insanity