Love lost

Lost love

Love was lost

like a diamond ring

left on the beach

Love discarded

like a half- eaten 

rotten peach

I wish you were awake

and not asleep

My wishes are like ships

lost in the deep

Reviews

[Twilight]

A bit of symbolism helps lift this brief piece of poetry. It has a slight ring of sadness, understandably; as it refers to lost. That diamond ring reference brought two key images to mind, regarding the scarcity of finding true and lasting love; and how people can unthinkingly cast it asunder (for whatever their reasons happen to be). A beach can also be a desolate place, cold and barren; in times of bad weather (another potential metaphor perhaps?).