Lit eZine Vol 5 | p-14 | POETRY | Cri Du Coeur – Manic Sylph Writes… Poetry & Thoughts by Mona Soorma

SHORT POEM

CRI DU COEUR
by David Blumenfeld

Man, lonely, walking alone. — *Image by* *MabelAmber*

please remember
how much 
i loved
you
how much 
i cared
please remember
i meant it
when I said
i would
never
love again
please remember
how much
i cried
when you died
how much
it hurt
still hurts
please forgive me
for breaking
my promise
to never
love again
please remember
how lonely 
i was
how long it took
please don’t forget
how much 
i love you
still
how very much
i
love you
still

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David Blumenfeld (a.k.a. Dean Flowerfield) is a retired philosophy professor and associate dean. After a sixty-year break, he resumed his writing career, focusing on stories, children’s literature, and poetry. Later in his 80s, he ventured into more “serious” poetry. One of his stories was recognized with a “notable essay” mention in The Best American Essays, 2022. In the 2023 Autumn Voices poetry contest, one of his poems received high praise and was later republished in Five Points Magazine. He has received two nominations for a Pushcart Prize. His work appears in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies.