~ True Love ~

 

 

 Tr.u.e. L.o.v.e.

 ‘Bridges’ yet crossed - or even burned

 

That afternoon in autumn,

 

 the Sun began releasing ‘Her Tears of Hope’,

 

 Standing there embracing,

 

looking up, as a light mist caressed our faces…

 

True Love, Indeed… the strongest, matched by no other

Lost in attraction, steady ones breath, are you listening?

Interpersonal love, shaped of elements of fallacy -

Spawns the birth, now borne of Love or Infatuation?

 

Jane Doe: “When we talk, you're always attentive to everything”

John Doe: “I Love how you cook, clean and treat me like a King”

 

Love begins of innocence, nothing short of harmless

Craving sense of mystery, passing boundaries, no expectations

Desire to please; you do not want to possess…

Engulfed in Flames of shadowed passions, your heart at rest!

 

Jane Doe: “You used to dive in, exploring my shores”

John Doe: “You appreciated, respected my Love. Now…you Expect so-much-more.”

 

Choices made, perceptions viewed, push to shove…

Could you spend your life, 24 hours a day with the one you Love?

Can Love last forever…? What do we 'choose' to sacrifice…? Exactly…  

Explore the nature, understanding the function of Love.

 

Jane Doe: “Ashamed I am, concealing pain with silent cries �" you never cared”

John Doe: “You thrive on mind games of torment and despair”

 

Pain vibrates, shattered dreams, crossing lines of gray

Tomorrow, soon will deliver an 'envelope of dismay'

Rhythm of dance, life once treasured, now lost forever…

To each left scars, unseen, chiseled within their soul...

 

Jane Doe: “I guess you never really loved me at all!”

John Doe: “Go ahead and take another picture off the wall!”

 

 

 

On first glance, Love (First Love, for the second time, third or so-on)

We believe this is {True Love}…

 

Is this possible?

Do we have an idea of their favorite color, number, T.V. show and/or what makes them (tick)?

No~… We seem to judge the visible aspects such as appearance, smell, things outwardly that pulls us in.

 

Can Love really be defined?  Does True Love ever fail us?

 Are 'We' willing to work through differences together? (Not by looking in front of 'Us')

 We seem to exclude ourselves �" that’s right… This is a one-way-street, right…?

Love...in all facets -

A development of ‘who we are'...Want to ‘be’...What we can ‘do/be’ for others…

SILENT PROMISE 'ONCE MADE', LEFT DROWNING IN A SOUR GLASS OF WINE... 

Does True Love 'Ever Die'...?

  

 ~Legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Tania Leigh]

A unique format made this fun to read.....the stanzas in red, to me, are like a narrator speaking his piece, and then his voice fades away in time for the vignettes of dialogue.

I can easily see this acted out on a stage with spot lighting alternating between Jane & John Doe and the narrator, who is off to the side.

A wonderfully insightful write about the cycles of love and human relationships.

[deeps]

Choices made, perceptions viewed, push to shove�
Could you spend your life, 24 hours a day with the one you Love?
Can Love last forever�? What do we 'choose' to sacrifice�?
Exactly� Explore the nature, understanding the function of Love.

I so loved these lines here, This is such a wonderful read here.
I liked this alot, the layout, the format, made it real easy to read.

[Tom Benson]

Legacy I have only really been reading and writing poetry myself for about fifteen months and I don't think I've ever seen this technique/layout before. I liked the layout and I liked the organisation of it down to the stanzas in one colour and the dialogue in another. On top of that, the subject matter was covered extensively too. It wasn't some vague verses about a subject dear to most people, it came across more like an investigation, or an exploratory conversation of some sort between a couple. Each digging deep to try and discover the other's and their own true understanding of the meaning of love and how it stood in their relationship. From all that you can take it that I liked it... Tom

[Artemis Quill]

I found this poem/format/style very intriguing! I felt a very nice flow to this piece. You have a creative mind and have put it to good use.
I will enjoy reading more of your work!

SWAWAAS,
AQ

[Honeypot]

This has a really interesting style to it. The format is intrgiuing. Ad for the meaning you seem to be suggesting that perhaps love doesn't last forever, but you hope or wish it did. Sometimes it changes but both people have to be willing to change along with it and let the other one one stretch, reach and grow. Sometimes its just too much to take. I'm always left baffled though when two people who used to love each other suddenly hate one another. I guess its easier to let the past relationship go if the lave is replace with something else. Just my thought though. Nice job on the poem. It got me to thinking, if you couldn't tell. That's a good thing! :)

[Alice Oiseau]

In my opinion, *true* love does not die.
When you truly love someone, you are able to take the bad and the good, the hardships and the romance, all in one package and love it even more. I was with someone, whom I still strongly love, despite the agonizing heart break, tormenting later, and mind games afterwards, resulting in a horrid fight. Sounds like a jerk, right? But of course he has his positives, and many, many, many of those. No one is perfect. Though now we aren't lovers, we are friends, and we have said our apologies, and both love each other in that aspect. Point being: true love (I believe it is true) never dies. Perhaps fade, but embers keep their glow and with a log added, can burst into flames again -- whew! Me and my metaphors!

Back to the poem.

I love the topic, the quotes integrated, the second to last line is utterly beautiful, though sad, very beautiful. You have a creative touch and gentle style resulting in a piece of poetry surely to be savored from time and time again.

Cheers.

[Brjden (Bridge-Den) Cre..]

Choices made, perceptions viewed, push to shove�
Could you spend your life, 24 hours a day with the one you Love?
Can Love last forever�? What do we 'choose' to sacrifice�? Exactly�
Explore the nature, understanding the function of Love.


Beautiful words, great write.......

[Mark]

A very individual format, like a Greek drama, with chorus in red piping in with the expansion and clarification. I haven't seen anything like this before; is it your own interpretation? A truly satisfying read!

[Miss Alicia]

it was very nice to read and unique :)

[Jay Jay]

I love this, i love how you formated it.
This deffinitly kept my full attention..i got really into this. amazing job =^-^=

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awesome