~ 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.

[Wordcrafter]

"Passing boundaries" Ah.... how I wish we didn't, your poem traces an interesting journey, I guess love dies once we cross those boundaries from mystery into familiarity. Love thrives on mystery and the unattainable, sadly we always walk into it blindfolded, wanting more. An interesting poem and style.

[Captain Spanky]

I Love it!!

[Jerri]

Very interesting...I love the style!

[Chiquita]

What a great breakdown of the cycle of love. It is indeed a cycle. The newness of it all. The heightened emotion of new love is intoxicating. There are times that it can blind us to the realities. It can cause us to overlook the absence of the things that are needed to make love last in the long term. It can shield us from the things that are there and should be obvious indicators that there is trouble just lurking in the future of the relationship.

True love has very little to do with the chemical changes that happen to us when in the throws of new love. Those feelings can be duplicated by the consumption of chocolate. True love remains once the chemical reactions has subsided. True love exists in the character of the two that proclaim love. It is accepting the imperfections of the other and acknowledging that you are imperfect yourself. It is becoming humble and placing another before yourself.

Enough about the TRUE LOVE. I must get back to the write itself. It was done well. I found it effective the way you placed the dialogue between the stanzas. You demonstrated the unfolding of a relationship. The poetry was allowed to be poetic while the dialogue demonstrated the actual unfolding of reality.

[kjstevens]

Spot on. Strikes deep. A piece that many can no doubt identify with.

[Jesse]

amazingly acurate! i love it the despair is as real to me as my own foot. it was amazing i love it!

[wizthom]

i love the way you use different ways to express true love,
however i since this tio be two writes ,combined to be one ,
and u pulled it off perfect,this is what i mean by taking poetry to the next phase,
like music poetry was meant to grow.don't stop i want more ..peace wizthom

[Amber Watson]

Amazing work. You are a great writer. You are very romantic. I can not wait to read more of your work, Please send me a request when you have new writings. Wonderful job.

[Erin Hogan]

this taps into how everyone pictures love. its starts out great and then ends in heartbreak. i love love love the way you set this up. have john/jane talking to eachother kind of commenting on what youre saying is perfect and adds an exrtra punch to the poem. i also like how you leave us hanging at the end. you never do anwser your own question, you just state the facts. i like how you didnt have john/jane have a happy ending that you just used them as commentary. very well done.

[Isis Raven]

WOW! i must say this sets so true in my heart. You did an awesome job of making it all flow together and it just kept me wanting more. I like how you had what was important in red.

As i agree with Tania Leigh i could see this acted out in a play or even read as a song at one of those cafe's .