Poem: The Love Song of N.C. Griffalco

Time for another poem, The Love Song of N.C. Griffalco.  This was a poem I wrote when I was feeling particularly sad that I hadn't gotten up the courage to talk to a girl I liked in high school, but I got over that, and I'm all better now.  This was a few years ago in any event.  N.C. Griffalco is a reference to Nicholas Caraway Griffalco, a character from series of books I never published, and that we will discuss in a future blog post.

As you might guess from the title, this was inspired by TS Eliot's "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" and the style and themes reflect that.  Prufrock has always been one of my favorite poems.  As usual, this and all of my poems can be found on my Fictionpress account.  

And now, the poem:  

I remember when first we met

You were so bright and shimmering

I knew not what to do

As days turned to weeks and months to years

Over high Aeolian Mount you made my sprit soar

When my world was dark you were a shimmering light

Dante had Beatrice

Shakespeare had his shadowed lady

And in you I found my muse

In you my art found reason

In you my art had meaning

In you I had inspiration

Alas, your heart belongs to another

But I don't blame you my dear

Why wouldn't you pick him?

So much more dashing than I

So much more savvy of human culture than I

So much that I am not

So here I stand

Cured to love but never be love

To walk the earth as a mortal immortal

Often lie awake at night nigh and cry

In my sorrow I weep "Oh what could have been had I only been stronger!"

How many more shall I love only to have my heart shattered?

For so long my life was like a dream

But dreams don't last forever

Eventually we all must wake up