Mani O'Brien, Storyteller
Musings from a 30-something Angeleno transplant about marketing, motherhood and other rants.
The Last Page
Let the last page float off
Into the dark fingers the moon kisses
To gleam like a jewel may it be
Polished by the breath I gave
Back to the world from sky of day,
The last page
I’ll hold it for the moment it is mine
Then let the heart twirl it away
From the blood and tears and pulse
That made it
The scrap that it is
Of the scent of you
Written January 28, 1996
(desmond)
Image: Elizabeth Messina
About Desmond and Poems Unrequited.
Copyright © 2013 Poems Unrequited. All rights reserved.
Threads
“The harp of the sad night
Plays now in the eventide
Here my meal of day is done
Finished now my fruits of sun
The walk alone in fields of moon
BegunI carry this within my chest
Memories of days we blessed
In laughter and the singing songs
Spill of love like wines and juice
Sips I sipped from the heart of you
Long ago in nights long gone
In twilight carried now
Threads of knots I loosed.”
Written January 20, 1996
(desmond)
Images: 1, 2
About Desmond and Poems Unrequited.
Copyright © 2013 Mani O'Brien. All rights reserved.
ABOUT POEMS UNREQUITED
Poems Unrequited is a compilation of love poems written by my father, a brilliant but tortured man whose wife’s (my mother’s) schizophrenia drove him into the darkest depths of drug addiction. In turn, his substance abuse would prompt my mother to intentionally stop taking her anti-psychotic medication, thus sparking a never-ending cycle of pain, betrayal and vengeance.
I try to pair each poem with imagery that gives me the same feeling as the poem. I may at times include my own commentary with my personal interpretation of the poems, or to provide reference for the subject matter. I began posting this series on the one year anniversary of my dad’s death and hope to continue to honor his work. Beyond Poems Unrequited are several hundred additional poems on various subjects. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I do.
Below is his author’s note:
The poems in this collection
have been culled from an ongoing
larger collection of the same name.Poems Unrequited are poems
of love dedicated to the ones
beloved that have filled my life.No other theme is as interesting to me. Om Shanti.
All you need is love.
About Me
Mani O'Brien
Storyteller and Virgo
LA-based social media marketer and brand journalist Mani O’Brien spends her downtime raising a small human and ranting on this blog. Here you’ll find frequent cursing, a self-indulgent analysis of her 30-something existence as a mother, Millennial, digital marketer, almost-wife and astrology-obsessed feminist.Instagram Feed