The Ghost Of Love

 

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

 

Reviews

[Juliet]

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

[Twilight Dancer]

This is excellent! I can relate on more than one level - friends, lovers, and even family at times. This is an experience everyone should be able to relate to and you express it so beautifully. I really enjoyed the entire peom, but was moved by your ending, "So beware my friend, When love walks in. For the ghost of love, May haunt you again..." This is so true, b/c to live is to love and that will makes us open to the joy and angst of love. Keep up the excellent work! ... TD :)

[Twilight Dancer]

This is excellent! I can relate one more than one level - friends, lovers, and even family at times. This is an experience everyone should be able to relate to and you express it so beautifully. I really enjoyed the entire peom, but was moved by your ending, "So beware my friend, When love walks in. For the ghost of love, May haunt you again..." This is so true, b/c to live is to love and that will makes us open to the joy and angst of love. Keep up the excellent work! ... TD :)

[Jon]

Absolutely love this - its a brilliant write.

I tried to take out my favorite part to talk about it but found myself wanting to quote the whole thing - definately one of my favourites on here - and I guess if pushed I'd say that one of my favourite parts is

"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. "

Its just so true - Love is such a double-edged sword and once you've felt it it stays with you forever, be it a good or a bad thing.

Top notch!

[Rie Sheridan Rose]

Interesting piece. Personally, I find capitalization of the first letter on each line to be a matter of personal taste, and rarely do it -- it is an old-fashioned rule for modern poetry...so kudos for not being a slave to convention. :) I would like to see consistency within your own style...sometimes you have an internal scheme for the capitalization, and sometimes you don't...but that is hardly anything to worry about. I did wonder about this as an entry for the contest I found it in...because it didn't fit the rules...but that's up to the moderator. A good poem. Well done.

[Midnite Writer]

I found this story really interesting, it deserves a "Most Original Story" medal. My favorite part was;
Its a taunting thing
You cannot trust
Tortured by memories
of beautiful things,
You'll soon hate it
And tears it brings.

I find those sentences very inspirational

R.

[D . R . Marais]

ah yes... nothing on earth hurts more than heart break, and the memories that are left behind to toture us. the poem says it perfectly... showing the extent of pain felt and the seemingly forever haunting shadow of heart break that will never leave us alone

[Valentine]

Debbie, I love the words and the rhythm..but you need to capitalize the beginng letters of all of the lines you missed some that are not. Nicly worded and a good warning to all..Valentine Where it says glimpse of Your face, those two lines I would add a few words too and change into 3 lines. It would flow a bit better..

[Sweet Addictions Is Stu..]

I Think everyone can relate to this at some point or another. Loved it !
-S.A.

[Crap!]

If love has a ghost, then its name is Holy. Nice write.

[Polly Lewis]

Great poem; really enjoyed the flow and the depth of the context. This is a subject we can all relate to and I commend you on a job well done.

Keep writing Debby, I can see real talent shining through.