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living in worlds
traveling at different speeds
existing in the same space
but never touching
no warmth shared
no futures intertwined
love not lost
only imagined there
merely surviving
in this endless winter
filled with the cold
of your indifference
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artwork ~ “Two Heads Looking at Each Other“ Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
{ public domain }
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this is my submission to ~
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Seasons at POETRY JAM
prompt: Endless seasons
thank you, Peggy!
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OpenLinkNight ~ 69 at dVerse ~ Poets Pub
submit a new or old poem
thank you. hedgewitch!
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Open Link Monday at imaginary garden with real toads
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thank you, Kerry!
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i am also participating in ~
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nice…pearl jam again, one of my fav bands…..seasons of indifference would be sadly very cold…particularly in a relationship….and with it neglect….
i’d rather have no relationship than one without love…
Living in the same space with no warmth shared, WOULD indeed feel like an emotional winter and would be as painful to endure as frostbite, I fear. Very well expressed, Dani.
thank you, Mary! ♥
I guess we should not expect of the other, but it is unavoidable. I had not heard this song in a long time — it was fun to listen again.
I looked for some background:
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Eddie Vedder on “Indifference”, taken from Allan Jones’ Pearl Jam biography:
“The way I look at it is this. On average, we have maybe 50 to 60 years on the planet. And we probably have 20 years when we’re a vital presence, when you can actually do something with your life. So what are you going to do with that time? Are you gonna enjoy it, not get involved? Or are you gonna try and do something to make some other peoples’ lives better than they are, even if it means going through hell? Even if those people don’t even appreciate what you’re trying to do. Even if you’re not sure yourself that what you’re doing is going to make any bit of difference.
I go through cycles thinking about this. I mean, what do you have to do to remind people that one of the best things you could hear in this life is the laughter of a child? I’m always trying to understand what’s happening in the world . . . When it comes down to it, you can’t turn your back on what’s happening. You have to do something. Jesus knows, it’s tough, because you never really know if what you’re doing is going to have any effect. But what’s the alternative? You walk away, pretend it’s not happening? Can’t be done.”
that is so true, Sabio! thank you so much for your visit and insightful comment!
Love only imagined… what a great concept for a poem.
i have one of my old poems from 2010 that i’m going to repost soon and it’s based on the same idea. i call them my “tortured love” poems. {smile} thanks so much for your visit and comment, Margaret! ♥
Oh, so sad, though a beautiful write :-)
thank you so much, Sara! ♥ i appreciate your visit and kind comment.
I love those closing lines!
that was actually the first verse i wrote. {smile} thank you for your visit and kind comment, MZ! ♥
Oh indifference is surely a winter of sorts. And I do hope it is not endless–but perhaps the only way to end it is if we stop caring and become indifferent too. So ironic. Thanks for responding to my prompt Dani!
it’s a great prompt, Peggy! i love the idea of an endless season. ♥
I can feel the chill – and the loneliness of someone else’s “indifference”. Good one, Dani!
thanks so much, Sherry! ♥ i really appreciate your visit and kind comment.
Indifference does feel very winter like ………
sometimes i think indifference can be more painful than having someone not love us ~ as if we don’t matter at all. thank you so much for stopping by, Helen! ♥
So sad and so true
Emma at llm calling
thank you very much for your visit and comment, Emma! ♥
I can feel the cold pain in your words.
i appreciate your visit and comment, Carrie! ♥
I like the take on winter as the cold indifference between two people ~
Nice one Dani ~
thank you, Heaven! ♥ much appreciated!
Ah yes, indifference is such a cruel thing, icy like the coldest of winter days. Great metaphor and emotion here. You know, those who are indifferent to life or others are actually the ones missing out. So sad. Have a lovely evening, Dani xx
thank you, Loredana! ♥ i hope you’re having a good week! thanks for stopping by.
I love this poem probably because it is part of the tapestry of my experience
until I learnt that love is mutual. There are too many books telling women they must give their all and expect little or nothing in return (mainly by men.)
that’s true! i think { i hope! } women’s expectations are changing, even if more slowly than i’d like. thank you so much for your visit and insightful comment! ♥
Powerful ending, apathy is the most destructive approach to life and others.
i think so, too. thank you so much for your visit and comment, Anna! ♥
Wow, Dani, another one of your poems that I think I’ve lived through a time or two. That icy chill just permeates each word of this. So well done!
thank you, Mary! ♥ fortunately, it’s just a poem and not my current situation. {smile}
the cold
of your indifference
That is a chilling winter… lets hope she goes out to look for spring.
i hope she does, too, Margaret! ♥ thank you so much for your visit!
Yes, that’s just how it feels. Well penned, and great song choice to go along with it. (Sorry it took me so long to get here! I appreciate your comment on my dVerse poem,)
no apologies needed! i’m lucky if i get to visit others once a week! {smile} thank you so much for your kind comment, Mary! ♥