Betrayal

[Delta40]

Smell the agenda on my breath.
Glued between chapters of
the unfinished,
the unresolved,
is the part of me unknown.
I have loved you well and long,
like an old ice cream van
looping Greensleeves eternally.
Yeah but we all talk love
on and on and on.
Morning,
noon then night.
Half clad,
naked,
covered in wattle,
pressing that extra inch
into each other,
exploding like the stars.
Cloaked words.
Rinsing fresh picked spinach
leaving just enough grit
to stick across a lifetime (Del 4:3)
For the millionth time,
I worshipped you!
Your lying eyes roll,
thunderous clouds gather,
pinning all preachermen's
madness on me.
I wonder who would pay me
thirty pieces of silver these days?

[AuntShecky]

You've got me baffled on this one. I mean, I realize it's a love poem, but what kind? I can't figure out which way the metaphor is going--comparing the earthly human lover to Christ or the other way around? A metaphysical enigma. Donne, undone?

All done!

PS Any day I get to read something by you is a good day.

[MystyrMystyry]

Great images Delta - but I too need a bit of a clarifier. It's like there's a character from the Bible who isn't referenced so I don't know if it's Delilah (?) or Delta (?). Maybe it's both..?

[Delta40]

It is confusing. Betrayal is confusing. Revenge is too. How similar are the acts? I got lost along the way. Am I supposed to let you all know that or stick to my Rayban's like the Big O?

[aliengirl]

When I first read it, I was confused and I thought myself too dense to understand you. But thankfully others are in the same boat. (It does not make me wiser but its nice to know that I've got some company. ;) ) As already mentioned the poem has beautiful images. Only the ending makes me wonder...?

[Bar22do]

A bit hard for me to understand you fully, but I LOVE your images and kind of sense what betrayal you're talking about... good writing here, you definitely are at your best, on a great path, Delta, thanks for this offering and --- be well, Bar