Can you remember a time
When all these pieces fit
It wasn’t that long ago
It seems
We started at the edge
Worked our way around
There was a lot of blue
In that sky
You’d think that would
Make things easier
But not always
We’d turn and turn
Each piece, until
Ready to give up
But then, finally
We found its place
Perfectly fitting in
Among the others
We worked with those
Pieces
For so many years
Always coming back
Determined
To make things fit
Our way
As time went on
We failed to notice
As some of the pieces
Changed shape
Others went missing
We started to cut
Bend, manipulate
The pieces
At times, forcing
Them into place
We found it easier
To work alone
Believing, that separately
We would end
At the same place
But now, as I step back
And look down
At our creation
It is clear
That neither of us
Were ever looking
At the same
Picture
Great write!
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Thank you, Mel.
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This gave me chills. It’s such a perfect metaphor for something I’m going through right now. You keep doing that. Reaching into my heart and putting my feelings into words. I always know it’s not about me. But that’s the beauty of your poetry. It’s about all of us. Thank you, River.
♥.
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Thanks, Niki. It makes me happy whenever someone says they can relate to something I wrote.
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Excellent! What a metaphor for life and last line is terrific.
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Thank you. On a side note, I have followed your blog for some time but noticed a month or so ago that I was no longer following you. I’ve tried to re-follow a number of times but I get an error message. So, since you are no longer in my feed, I have to try and remember to check in on your blog from time to time. So, I apologize if I miss some of your posts, I enjoy your work.
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You are welcome.
No worries about not being able to read my posts regularly. Just want you to know your visits are always appreciated. I wish I knew how to fix the glitch though. Thanks.
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This is perfect for my mindset
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Thank you.
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I remember that time.
The ending was quite unexpected. Loved it.
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Thanks a lot, Bojana.
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Outstanding. Well phrased; imagery and metaphor are spot on. Human relationships are so often (pretty much always?) based on differing visions. Well done.
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Thank you very much!
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I love the last few lines.
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Thank you.
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Amazing poem! The lead up to the last line is outstanding!
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I really appreciate that, thank you very much.
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Such great analogy to describe complexities of relationships. You are an amazing observer!
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Thank you so much, Tanya.
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My pleasure
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This is beautiful River
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Thank you, Kate.
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Your welcome 😊
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Brilliant, River, utterly brilliant. What a searingly perceptive look at how a relationship can begin so well with so much hope and expectation, but with the perfect metaphor of the aged jigsaw, we see it gradually falls apart and never quite gets there in the end. I love the final line when the couple realise they’ve never even been seeing the same picture in the first place. So many people will, and clearly do, identify with this. Wonderful.
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Thank you, Alli.
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Oh wow, that is really something. The end gave me chills.
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Thank you!
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Outstanding.
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Thanks.
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Omg what a great analogy about life and evolving relationships. 💕
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Thank you!
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Nice one
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Thank you.
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It’s been a while… but you didn’t disappoint.
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Thanks.
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beautiful!
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Thank you.
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Happy new year River! : )
Check this out! https://fallingpoems826143061.wordpress.com/2020/12/17/falling-poems-presents-a-my-2020-focus-collage-haiku/
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Happy New Year to you, Stef.
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Love this – fantastic use of the metaphor.
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Thank you very much.
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Fabulous work, River.
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Thank you, Rita.
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So well written! Packed with all the sharp edges of our reality. Loved it.
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Thank you very much, Kat.
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This was a wonderful poem River!
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Thank you very much, Leigha.
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You’re welcome.
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Love it ! It says so much, the sadness and disappointment to realize this…
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Thank you, Suzanne.
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This sums up how we try to make relationships fit into the shape that we want them to be perfectly. A great poem.
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Thanks a lot, Chris.
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I love this analogy. It makes me think of my husband’s parents, who always did puzzles together. Now he’s in a nursing home with severe dementia and she has to finish the puzzle alone.
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Dementia is a hard thing to watch someone go through. Thanks for reading.
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Wow. Just wow. You gave the perception of teamwork at the beginning, just a couple of kids cheating at the game. It made me fall in love with the two, happy for them, like they could cheat anything. Yet, they were unable to create anything withstanding in their craftiness. Well done, River.
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Thanks a lot, William.
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✦We go through life in search of pieces to our puzzles to connect, but often the sad surprise is understanding that some puzzles will never be complete and acceptance that others were never destined to become the pretty scene on the outside of the box… this bittersweet journey you created surprised my senses and at the end I sighed… ✦ Ty River
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Thank you very much for reading and for the thoughtful comment.
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😉
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So beautiful.
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Thank you.
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You are right and I love the way you put it: ” That neither of us/ Were ever looking/ At the same/ Picture”. We all are different and our relationships are seen differently even from inside.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful poems!
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Thank you very much!
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This one was amazing. The last line was moving
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Thank you!
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I can remember a time or maybe i was just fooling myself…that is more likely.
PS I haven’t forgotten you…. life just gets in the way sometimes
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Thanks for reading, Melanie. I can totally relate, this year is flying by for me.
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This is fabulous write. Life a puzzle and pieces changing its shape. Wow.
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Thank you very much for the kind words.
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Pleasure is mine 🙂
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This give me chills… At the end you hit it very precisely on the delicate thoughts of our being.
This piece of creativity is perfect to picture our daily dilemma.
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Thank you very much for the kind words.
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Your welcome. And thank you for always giving a read and like to my posts . 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
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You’re welcome.
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Wow. That’s powerful.
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Thanks for reading.
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Sure thing.
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True
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So beautifully expressed!
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Thank you, Dawn.
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