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Nothing Grand
The world is so green
And we were up late
And you mumbled all the secrets
that you loved to tell
That, inconsequential
Like cigarette smoke,
Hung in the muggy night
Just past your lips
And I listened
But frustrated
And I looked at you and asked
"Who are you living for?"
And I remembered it later
Our one-sided conversation
Many mornings and nights after
When I heard a man on the phone
Talking to a loved one,
And I shall never forget he said,
Not to me,
But directly to me:
"What you are attracted to
Is what has power over you."
I love the pensive realism,
I love the pensive realism, the intimate informality, the emotive undercurrent, of your words that are more powerful than anything that trumpets and struts with ornate poetics. With expert subtlety you illustrate the detachment in the relationship, reminding us at the end how those memorable words were spoken "Not to me/ But directly to me".
Then you hit us with that killer quote.
A streamlined, candid and beautiful window into the heart.
The final two lines present
The final two lines present some profound wisdom.
Starward