I got an email from my ex, Jane.
It was a poem.
Too sentimental coming from a girl who could not tolerate my wearing dresses. My closet has both guy clothes and dresses. I keep the dresses on one side and suits and pants on the other.
I don't see her as pining away for me.
Here are a few verses from the poem she sent,
"You and I, close as twins in the womb,
and our love, a rosebud never to bloom."
Why are we like twins in a womb?? Maybe because we both liked pretty dresses.(that's not enough to feel separated at birth)
"Awakening under the moon's cold gleam,
I had been with you again in a dream" Okay, that really says "DRUNK" to me.
"A few moments took me to lost years ago,
and I know my darling, I still love you so." ...Lost years, interesting as she was the one who told me to get lost.
"Fading fire flies in our hands to see,
would awaken and shine as we set them free." Now I'm thinking hallucinogenics, maybe.
"Would it be this way for you and me,
or would our souls die in liberty?" She's depressed.
I'm wondering how to respond and if it's me she's really sending these feelings to.
Heck, by the weekend, she'll probably have forgotten the whole thing.
I was just pretty surprised to read words like this coming from her.
Relationships, they're so difficult.
I know I have a habit of taking words apart. I'm very curious, by nature and I examine all kinds of things.
I like the poem and yet I feel it wasn't truly intended for me alone.
Thank you, Laura for your email and kind words, but no, I didn't grow up in CT.I was at the concert but just happened to be there then. Though I did move to CT a few years ago. Thanks again for writing.
A child, therefore...