Reading from the same page
that was how it was always meant to be
in her visions and rose-tinted dreamsbut he moved to new chapter
and when she turned…it was to a blank page
…..so the book was shut …forever
©Vivian Zems
Real Toads– weekend challenge- a little night music. Brendan urges us to pull a page from our dream-book and view it with the lens of poetry.
Also linking tomorrow to Poets United-#412
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July 21, 2018 at 11:42 pm
Aw! Sad! May your dreams write a new book ..
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July 22, 2018 at 2:14 am
This is so sad, he turns the page and instead of happiness there is blankness.
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July 22, 2018 at 2:25 am
I’d hit him with the book!
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July 22, 2018 at 6:06 am
kaykuala
it was to a blank page
…..so the book was shut
…forever
A sad ending is typical to a dream among lovers in most instances
Hank
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July 22, 2018 at 8:13 am
So sad. That’s the trouble when we are co-writers – better writing solo and reading each others’ books!
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July 22, 2018 at 4:56 pm
So true😊
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July 22, 2018 at 9:01 am
Sad and witty at the same time! Nicely encapsulated.
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July 22, 2018 at 4:55 pm
Thank you 😊
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July 22, 2018 at 9:56 am
This is so poignant. 💞 May your dreams fill pages of a brand new book that appreciate their value 😊
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July 22, 2018 at 4:55 pm
Thank Sanaa!❤️
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July 22, 2018 at 12:17 pm
Always an awful moment when you find you are no longer on the same page.
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July 22, 2018 at 4:53 pm
Indeed…. and you can’t blame the book😅
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July 22, 2018 at 12:32 pm
So sad but beautifully encapsulated in the six lines.
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July 22, 2018 at 4:52 pm
Thank you 😊
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July 22, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Clever write Vivian – love it!
Anna :o]
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July 22, 2018 at 4:52 pm
Thanks Anna!
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July 22, 2018 at 3:35 pm
Ah, this is sad but better perhaps in its reckoning.
-HA
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July 22, 2018 at 4:51 pm
Absolutely!
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July 22, 2018 at 3:50 pm
Very sad when the book is slammed shut, never to be reopened. But perhaps a new book will begin and will be the best one of all!
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July 22, 2018 at 4:51 pm
A bestseller!
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July 22, 2018 at 4:55 pm
Vivian, congrats on the beautiful new book. It looks wonderful. It is sad when one wants to stay on the same page together, and the other starts a new chapter. Sigh.
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July 22, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Some books need closing. The shutting might hurt–even rip a heart to pieces–but it allows the reader to start a new book, a better book. It might even inspire her to write her own.
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July 23, 2018 at 7:19 am
It sure will😉
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July 22, 2018 at 5:03 pm
ah, so the realization hits really hard.
i hope she can go on and write her own new chapter.
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July 23, 2018 at 7:18 am
I’m sure she will 😊
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July 22, 2018 at 7:04 pm
It’s hard when a book comes to such an abrupt end. But my thoughts run along the same lines as Magaly’s. Better stories can be found, or written if need be.
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July 23, 2018 at 7:17 am
For sure😊Thank you!
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July 22, 2018 at 9:02 pm
Perfect! What a story you told in a short time and with a book as the main character.
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July 23, 2018 at 7:15 am
Thank you 😊
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July 22, 2018 at 9:40 pm
Sometimes staying within a certain chapter is a good thing – I love this metaphor.
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July 23, 2018 at 7:15 am
Thank you 😊
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July 23, 2018 at 2:45 am
You have beautifully articulated – what is for many – a life passage they have been through, in a lovely metaphorical expression of ‘endings’.
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July 23, 2018 at 7:14 am
Thank you Wendy 😊
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July 23, 2018 at 4:30 am
some books are better shut perhaps… there are more…better ones too perhaps…
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July 23, 2018 at 7:15 am
Absolutely!
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July 23, 2018 at 4:32 am
Unrequited love is often part of my dreaming. Sad, but dreams are a wonderful way to work on that kind of loss.
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July 23, 2018 at 7:14 am
Indeed they do
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July 23, 2018 at 7:26 pm
Loss is hard, regardless of who initiated it. Well done Vivian.
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July 24, 2018 at 7:41 pm
Thanks Linda!😊
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July 24, 2018 at 3:24 am
To be on the same page is ideal. If a break happens, however, it’s great to be able to close the book. I doubt the one who simply went to another chapter will have an easy time of it! How much better to find the blank page.
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July 24, 2018 at 9:02 am
Great insight, Susan!
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July 25, 2018 at 4:46 am
Oh, to ponder a lost love. I love your use of the book metaphor.
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July 25, 2018 at 4:58 am
Thanks,Sarah!
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July 25, 2018 at 11:48 am
Strange—and devastating—how life works out sometimes. What we hope for half-materializes, and then vanishes before our eyes…
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July 27, 2018 at 7:21 am
Indeed it does!
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