Retreat Poem by Stefanie Fontker

Retreat

Rating: 5.0


Your passion disturbs
My calm waters
And stirs my heart
Into oblivion I flee
For there is no
Safe haven in sight
I cannot suffer
Through your verse
My love cannot breathe
Under your weight
And words do come
To me from you
In an unclear vision
I can only practice
The tuning of my sight
For these eyes
Are more than simple
But less than trained
And so I will run
I am not prepared
There was no warning
Only swift blows
To this heart of mine
And now I will retreat
To where I am safe
Away from your love,
Demanding and violent

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Leonard Dabydeen 15 September 2011

Sometimes a 'retreat' is all it takes to gather your thoughts together. A wonderful flow of emotions in your write. TFS.

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David Beckham 15 August 2011

There is a good message in this poem. It speaks well to removing oneself from harmful situations that will do nothing but harm to an individual. Very well said. thanks for sharing.10/10

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Allemagne Roßmann 14 August 2011

To this heart of mine And now I will retreat To where I am safe Away from your love, Reminds me of a Hollywood film The Atonement and the character Robie in it who died in Dunkirk for England in France.Robie died of tuberculosis in precarious war conditions with Germany winning the war there against Allied Forces retreating.Robie loved a woman from London.He had a rift.When he died, his words were somewhat like urs though in a different context.No women wants in general be together with risky professional men whose lives are at stake be it Dunkirk or Afghanistan.Some women have the courage to stay single and do something for society with posthumous self, another marriages with another man, the rest have respective self-motivations. Its better to keep away from violent and demanding men than to concubate violence into the womb for a marred future with austerity.In this context its a well penned poem.

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