The Ghost Of Love

The Ghost Of Love

A Poem by Debra Stevens Edwards (debby)

 

 

The Ghost Of Love
A Poem by Debra Stevens Edwards (Debby)


The Ghost of Love(3)

Love has a shadow,
A ghost you could say.
It follows and stalks you
Each night and day.
Forget if you can
Repent if you must.
It's a taunting thing
You cannot trust.
Tortured by memories
Of beautiful things.
you'll soon hate it
and the tears it brings.
Dreams as cold fingers
Clutching your heart.
Or the glimpse of Your
face there in the dark.
Memories like that of
A spectre's touch.
A pain as in death
hurts you so much.
So beware my friend,
When love walks in.
For the ghost of love,
May haunt you again...

Debra Edwards
 

 

© 2007 DebbyStevensEdwards 

 

 

© 2008 Debra Stevens Edwards (debby)


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Wow I love this poem. It's so powerful and so, so true. Love does have a shadow, doesn't it? I never thought of it that way. I can wake up remembering a love I had 20 years ago just like it was yesterday, and it's the 'ghost,' isn't it?

Thank you for suggesting I read this. It's my day off, finally, and I want to eat poetry all day long, and yours was the first course! It got me started, or else I might have done something else.

Juliet

Posted 17 Years Ago


10 of 10 people found this review constructive.




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DAMN GOOD WRIGHT!!!!! Oustandly said!!!!!!

Posted 17 Years Ago


3 of 3 people found this review constructive.

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4 of 4 people found this review constructive.

Very good! The rhyme was simple and it was a great read. It had emotion in it, and it was a wonderful piece. Beautiful....

Posted 17 Years Ago


4 of 4 people found this review constructive.

Overall, I enjoyed this poem. The rhyme scheme, though simple, has a nice flow and the short lines work to the poem's benefit. However, I would really like to see some more concrete imagery here. The concept of ghosts and spectres is interesting, but I think of love and heartbreak, particularly, as certainly having concrete aspects. For example, catching a whiff of the former loves perfume, finding an old picture years later, watching something you watched together, hearing mention of them from friends. Or maybe some heartbroken behavior, without being cliche. That's just a suggestion. It's fine without it, but I would find it more hard hitting if you could give this ghost of love a bit of a body, if you will. Thanks for the great poem and keep writing! I enjoyed it.

Posted 17 Years Ago


4 of 4 people found this review constructive.

Your poem is so true and a kind of apparent relaxation; yet exitement. I liked this:

Tortured by memories�
Of beautiful things.
you�ll soon hate it
and the tears it brings. ======= I didn't experience this but I 've read a lot about it. you hit the point beautifully. Bravo. thx for posting this.

Posted 17 Years Ago


5 of 5 people found this review constructive.

yeah, its really crazy that even though the person you loved is gone, they still reappear somewhere on a daily basis.

Posted 17 Years Ago


4 of 4 people found this review constructive.

oooo... my favorite of yours so far... its interesting how love can stain someone's soul. I don't think anyone can not relate to this...

Tortured by memories�
Of beautiful things.

so well put and the ending is like a punch in the face... powerful ending

Posted 17 Years Ago


5 of 5 people found this review constructive.

Congrats!! nice work!

Posted 17 Years Ago


5 of 5 people found this review constructive.

its true. its like that song owner of a lonely heart being much better than the owner of a broken heart. we enjoy only one side of love, with it. we tend to forget what love is without it

Posted 17 Years Ago


4 of 4 people found this review constructive.

Very interesting write! I love the haunting...so to speak. Thanks for sharing.
Siddartha


Posted 17 Years Ago


4 of 4 people found this review constructive.


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Debra Stevens Edwards (debby)
Debra Stevens Edwards (debby)

Long Beach, CA



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I am a single parent of six daughters. I write as a release of emotions I'm feeling. At times I write to entertain my girls or just because I have something to say. My goal is to publish a book of .. more..

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