My Enough

I was once able to see, but no longer,

the spells have consumed, non-growing stronger.

The fires I lit so heartfelt by candlelight,

have grown to mean only hatred and lost plight.

I was once a knight, a protector of the sky,

but my chariot fell back from my Liege Lord's lies.

Exile, I learned, nothing to pass the time,

other than the Witches' Book; from it, I cast by.

I was once a noble, a great king of gold,

but those were back in times, much, much too old.

Dramatics faded, as I'd once been told,

and then I fell back from warm to cold.

I was once a troubadour, and I still am,

writing my life away by the pen in my hand.

Continue to sail away, tried, I have,

back to the angels, but I am only man.

I could once sing, but I still do,

lyrically, pressed out, from me to you.

My ink well runneth out, from black to blue,

but by my mouth, inscribed words ensue.

I could once love, but that is not drummed,

I left my heart with the last woman I loved.

But tragedy struck me when her bliss was done,

and songs of tragedy were meant to be sung.

I am all these things, just as I have been,

and in someone else, this process, begin.

So that they will take up my awful dins,

but why must they live the way I lived?

I am nothing special, nothing all too much,

but one thing I must attest to, something as such,

they will forget me, but ones who've known my love,

they know that I have always tried to give my enough.

Reviews

[Lily Mae]

I love the old world feel and how he see's himself as the night and noble...then under the spell of love or the angels he finds himself to be only a man.. Broken yet whole... I feel like the strongest point was when it read
"but ones who've known my love,
they know that I have always tried to give my enough." The feeling as I read it..was that anyone that was ever touched by your love ...could never forget...xx Great write:) xx

[Tony]

This reads like an application for the extremely important job of scribe in a time lost land, by a man who has had and seen it all and found it wanting and realized his purpose was to etch it.
Very good!

[KAREN]

Each and every word is written with heartfelt feeling. Emotions flow right alone with the poem!

[Joel M Frye]

Really enjoyed how this poem read aloud...a song without music. 'Tis all anyone can ever do, no matter how or when they've lived, is their enough. A few of the half rhymes reach a bit for my ear (drummed/loved, for example), just one poet's opinion. Excellent write and read altogether. Thank you.

[Jami Nicole]

This is breathtaking, and I don't say that a lot. I loved it, great job. You have so much talent and I plan to keep reading your work.

~Love Jami~

[Jeremia]

I really like the beginning. It caught my eye and drew me in. Good job.

[Cheryl J. Turner]

This is heartbreaking, your emotions spill from every line. You are a very talented writer.

[Im His Daughter]

Like a reversal in time & love.. Very Powerful write..

[Ryker Killian]

Its very fluent, and just kinda flows right off the page. Really well worded.

[A]

I agree that it sounded coming straight from the heart, very emotive! I truly enjoyed it, good stuff.