Once It's Gone
take a knife
to the perfect
home-made tart,
too afraid of
erasing moments,
saying goodbye,
knowing too well
that once it’s
gone, it’s gone
keep it whole,
they tell their
host, make it
last, proof
of the bliss
of this night,
an immortality,
the sense that
we could never
be any happier
© Copyright, 2007. Seamus Kearney.
2 comments:
Enjoyed the symbolism. (Yummy.) The first stanzas conveyed it all to me. ^_^
Cheers.
The joy of anticipation. But I still want to dig in. ;)
Loved the metaphor here, and very well executed. Enjoyed it!
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